FORGOTTEN Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers Steps should be taken to ensure a regular presence of, and individual contact with, a social worker and a psychologist in establishments holding children in detention. Mixed gender staffing is another safeguard against ill-treatment; the presence of both male and female staff can have a beneficial effect in terms of the custodial ethos and foster a degree of normality in a place of detention. Children deprived of their liberty should also be offered a range of constructive activities (with particular emphasis on enabling a child to continue his or her education). In order to limit the risk of exploitation, special arrangements should be made for living quarters that are suitable for children, for example, by separating them from adults, unless it is considered in the child’s best interests not to do so. This would, for instance, be the case when children are in the company of their parents or other close relatives. In that case, every effort should be made to avoid splitting up the family. Besides, CPT has made the following recommendations18 to the Greek authorities in relation to the Pre-Removal Detention Centers: - official occupancy rates should be revised so as to offer a minimum of 4 m² of space per detainee in multi occupancy accommodation, and are respected in practice; all multi-occupancy rooms should be equipped with tables and chairs commensurate with the number of persons detained and each person is provided with personal lockable space; detainees should be offered clean bedding and the ability to wash their clothes; all detainees should be offered at least one hour of yard time every day; a programme of activities (educational, recreational and vocational) should be developed in each Center; at least one common association room, equipped with television and games, should be established in every Center; every Center should be equipped with a multi-faith room; detainees should be provided with sufficient quantities of personal hygiene and cleaning products (including washing powder) (paragraph 72); steps should be taken to ensure that regular maintenance work is carried out in all pre-Removal centers 18 CPT Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 16 April 2013, page. 83, available at: http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2014-26-inf-eng. pdf, 5th September 2016). 19