NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT 2019 2c.2.b. Larissa detention facility The Larissa detention facility is housed in a 1968 building; it began its operation as a prison in 1984 and is located in an urban area. On the first day of the inspection, it accommodated 669 detainees. On wards A and B the buildings were obviously old and the detainees complained about bugs. Ward D had problems with humidity and broken sanitation units. In the yard area, there was no covered area or shadow. Solitary confinement areas were not suitable for accommodation and it is imperative to reconstruct them. There was no permanent physician in the infirmary and the detainees complained that they had no access to the visiting doctors (3 physicians and a psychiatrist). As a result, according to the detainees' allegations, transfers to the city hospitals were very frequent as well as overtreatment with excessive amounts of prescription drugs (antidepressants, antipsychotics and sedatives) sometimes without a medical exam. The understaffed social service was failing in its main mission because of the overcrowding but also because it was charged with the management of the storage room for clothing and sanitation items. A model Second Chance School had been operating in the detention facility since 2004. There were Greek language classes available and a high school since 2015. Hellenic Open University students had access to computers. Requests to increase classrooms and numbers of students in the Greek language classes had been declined on security concerns due to the lack of guards. 2c.2.c. Malandrino detention facility The building was relatively new (it has been operating since 2001) and was in a tolerable condition. It consisted of two independent wards at two levels. Each level included five sub-wards, with seven cells in each one, a kitchen leisure space and yard area. Certain modifications were made in order to increase capacity but problems persisted, namely with insulation, intense humidity and shortcomings in running water, heat and electricity. In particular, the lack of hot water was attributed to the destruction of solar boilers during a past riot and to the rupture of glazing materials due to low temperatures. The infirmary had a rural doctor from Lidoriki, who visited two to three times a week and a vising dentist once per week. Healthcare services were the greatest cause of complaints among detainees. In case of an emergency, patients were transferred to the Amphissa Hospital and, in more serious cases, to the Lamia Hospital and 30