42 THE GREEK OMBUDSMAN In conclusion: The space is considered unsuitable both as a detention place and as working environment for police staff, as the conditions are especially hard for everyone. Lack of yard space, natural ventilation and light, inadequate cleaning and lack of medical or nursing staff violate the detainees’ fundamental rights. Holding detainees in this space violates article 3 of the ECHR and constitutes inhuman and degrading treatment, detainees must therefore be removed. Police Headquarters cells in Samos (28th August 2017) The inspection was carried out one month after the fire that burnt down a large portion of the Police Station, in which 40-60 persons were held a few months before. The Police Station (offices) and detention cells afflicted by fire are located on the ground floor of the Police Headquarters building. On the day of inspection, 5 detainees were held in the back of the Port Police premises, 3 more at the Police Station in Karlovasi and 3 more at the Police Station in Pythagoreio. The temporarily used space at the Port Police station had natural light and space adequate for 5 persons, but no yard. It may not therefore be considered suitable for aliens’ administrative detention; nevertheless it is much better than the cells at the Police Station in Samos, which were not in use due to the fire that happened in the beginning of July. At the Port Police station, there was no pay-phone, but we were assured that one was to be installed. The cells of the Police Station in Samos (a 70 square metres space with a capacity of 17 persons) had been inspected by an Ombudsman’s team one year before, when inadequate cleaning, insufficient natural light and total lack of yard time for the (then) 13 detainees had been observed. In conclusion: Lack of interpreters continues to be the main problem concerning detainees’ communication and information at the Police Station in Samos, in addition to the lack of medical/nursing staff and social workers. It should be highlighted that the lack of a psychiatrist on an island with a Camp constitutes a grave danger to human rights, especially considering that, as reported, there are frequent instances where the Police Station is used for “protective custody” of patients awaiting transit by public prosecutor’s order, who remain at the Police Station for several days, with police officers being unable to offer them suitable treatment.