HELLENIC POLICE AND COAST GUARD DETENTION FACILITIES 3.b.4 Volos Police Station and pre-trial detention facility of the judicial mansion of Volos (Transfers) The cells operate in the premises of the Police Directorate of Magnisia after the merging between the police stations of Volos and N.Ionia. They have a 28-person capacity including men, women and minors. Administrative and criminal detainees were held separately. On the day of the inspection, there were six detainees in the cells: one third-country minor in protective custody, one administrative detainee, two third-country criminal detainees and two Greeks who were to be transferred to court. The minor was held in a separate ward from the others as there was no space available and in order to avoid using the cells for protective custody. In case of involuntary psychiatric treatment, until their transfer, patients were held in a separate ward used for minors and in case of emergency they were transferred directly to a psychiatric clinic by the National Emergency Center (NEC). The wards had a dual aspect with natural light and ventilation, built-in beds, blankets and sheets. There were pay-phones in each ward, a visiting area, air-conditioning and separate toilets for minors and adults. There was also one custody suite guard. There was a yard area, which is rare to find in a custody suite. Its use, however, depended on staff availability. Disinfection took place almost once every two months. The transfer area for detainees was situated in the judicial mansion of Volos in the hallway of the ground floor that led to the prosecutor's office and was guarded by a police officer who performed guard duties for the prosecution office. The space had no windows or skylight and it was about 6m2 . It had electricity and a bench. In the other end, there was a separate space for the toilet, without a door or running water and, thus, particularly filthy; there was also a destroyed drain pipe and waters were running on the floor. The place was dirty, with cigarette butts thrown on the floor. According to the guard, the detainees communicated with their lawyer on the hallway. This room, with no windows that had the dimensions of a storage room, without any openings, natural light or ventilation, was evidently not suitable to be used as a detention area, even for a few hours. The situation would get even worse if detainees were more than one. 3.b.5 Larissa Security Department The cells were housed in the basement of the Larissa police directorate in a building that had been used since 2010. There were cells with four and twelve beds and a capacity of 39 places in total. A three-bed cell was used for the detention of women. 41