TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD BY THE GREEK OMBUDSMAN 8 INTRODUCTION BY THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR EXERCISING THE COMPETENCE OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM 10 Ι. – LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM 12 ΙΙ. – ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT OF 2017 14 1. – INSPECTIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERVENTIONS 14 • Brief review of inspections  • General Detention Facilities  > Methodology of inspections > General annual findings > Individual inspections and observations •Korydallos Prison Hospital and the branch for HIV-positive prisoners •Ioannina Detention Facility •Corfu Detention Facility •Rural Prison of Kassandra •Nigrita Detention Facility •Diavata Detention Facility •Chios Detention Facility •Komotini Detention Facility > Institutional interventions •Issues concerning the serving and duration of sentences a. - Delay in transmitting parole requests b. - Calculation of sentence served •Welfare and insurance benefits for prisoners a. - Severe disability benefit for prisoners b. - Payment of pensions to prisoners •Observations on the Strategic Planning of the Ministry of Justice on the Penitentiary System (2018-2020) a. - General Observations b. - Observations on individual chapters ϭϭ ϭϭ 1. - Regarding objective 4.1 “Improvement of detention conditions – modernization of infrastructure” 2. - Regarding objective 4.2 “Development of human resources – staff training – management” 14 15 15 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 23 24 24 25 25 26