ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2017 31 competence as National Mechanism for the investigation of arbitrary behaviour (L. 4443/2016). b. - On several occasions, especially after escaping or violation of of leave of absence, there have been significantly more severe decisions of this prison’s Board resulting in the limitation and, utterly, circumvention of the rights of other prisoners, e.g. refusal of leave granting en masse, non-transfer to a hospital etc. It is recommended that the staff is advised of the appropriate behavior for ensuring facility security, in such a way that prisoners’ rights are not compromised. 6. - Regarding objective 4.6: “Health services during detention, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health”: a. - The Ombudsman has often observed and recorded in its reports the inadequacy of health care provided to prisoners, as well as the total lack of doctor or psychiatrist in some Detention Facilities. The proclamations of the strategic planning, that no Detention Facility should lack a permanent doctor with daily presence are in the right track. In this context, we recommend that special care is taken for the prisoners’ dental health, ensuring a properly staffed dentist’s office in every facility, as well as for their mental health, by ensuring either a permanent psychiatrist position or regular psychiatrist visits in every facility. Alternatively, it would be useful to ensure that there is a number of appointments reserved for prisoners at public hospitals monthly, at least in certain “popular” medical specialties. b. - It would also be useful -in the context of the operational objective “Regular cooperation with the Ombudsman”- if prison doctors were obligated to report to the National Mechanism for the investigation of arbitrary behavior any severe injuries, to be investigated for violation of L. 4443/2016.