- 72 b. reception and induction procedures 136. In its reports on the 2009 and 2011 visits76, the CPT stressed the importance of a proper reception and first night procedure, especially in those establishments that serve as the point of entry for many prisoners into the Greek prison system. However, in none of the prisons visited did the delegation come across any specific arrangement for the first night that prisoners spend in the establishments. There were no specific reception units, also due to a complete lack of space. New arrivals were placed wherever space could be found or made, usually not distinguishing between remand and convicted prisoners, who were often mixed and therefore subsequently also subject to the same regime. The only criterion that seemed to be frequently applied to distribution of prisoners is their nationality or linguistic background. Greek and non-Greek prisoners were often accommodated in different sections and certain nationalities were clustered together. There were no leaflets or brochures available to inform prisoners about the regime or other details of the institutions, and prisoners interviewed by the CPT’s delegation complained about not being given any introductory information in writing upon arrival in the prisons. The CPT reiterates once more its previous recommendation that the Greek authorities introduce proper reception and first night procedures as well as an induction process for all prisoners being admitted to a prison, with a priority placed on those establishments which are points of entry to the prison system. The procedures / process should include the provision of introductory information in writing about the prison. Further, foreign-national prisoners should be provided with information in a language they understand. c. discipline and segregation 137. The provisions of the 1999 Prison law dealing with disciplinary sanctions and procedures have been described in previous reports and do not call for any particular comment. As regards more particularly the sanction of disciplinary confinement, it may not exceed 10 days (five days for remand prisoners and juveniles). In most prisons visited, little resort was had to disciplinary sanctions and, in particular, solitary confinement as a disciplinary punishment was very rare. In fact, the segregation wings were, to a large extent, used for ordinary accommodation purposes or for placing vulnerable prisoners requiring protection. 138. At Korydallos Men’s Prison, the segregation area in wing C was accommodating 21 prisoners, of whom 20 had been placed there for protection at their own request, the remaining prisoner being kept there temporarily as there was no space in an ordinary cell. The conditions in these cells were particularly poor. For example, the delegation found five persons sharing a windowless, poorly lit and filthy cell of a mere 7 m². Three out of the five prisoners were sleeping on mattresses placed on the floor, two of them under the beds. The CPT’s delegation requested the prison management to reduce the occupancy in this cell immediately to a maximum of two persons. 76 CPT/Inf (2010) 33, paragraph 141; and CPT/Info (2012) 1, paragraph 77.