NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT 2019 3.b.3 Αspropyrgos Police Station The station is housed in a privately rented building. The cells were situated in the basement. People who were brought in for identification checks by station patrol units or special Hellenic Police squads and those who were arrested on the act were kept temporarily in a waiting area on the ground floor. The cells were used only by adult detainees. On the first floor, there were newly constructed cells for the Police Directorate of West Attica but they were not in use as they hadn't still been approved from the Police Directorate of West Attica. On the day of the inspection, seven people were held in the basement cells, all administrative detainees apart from one who was a criminal offender. They had been detained for 20 days in average. We were informed that all female detainees were transferred directly to another police station and thus there were no female detainees in the station. The basement cells had limited lighting and ventilation. They comprised of three cells, two with two beds and one with four beds. All beds were made of stone and had mattresses. The location was supervised by three security cameras that were sending visual material to the office of the on-duty officer but since the Head of the police station was absent we were not able to find out if and for how long the material was kept. Only one squat toilet and one sink were available for all cells. Stagnant waters, intense odor and constant humidity were evident in the perimeter of the cells. Detainees were forced to clean their own cells and the last disinfection had taken place on June 2017. There was no yard area. Detainees who wished to use the telephone were taken to the only available telephone on the ground floor. Meetings with lawyers and visiting hours also took place on the ground floor. The cells did not have a doctor and all incidents were taken to the emergency room. Finally, there was no cells guard duty described in the station's internal services. 36 When other units or squads (DIAS, OPKE , emergency responders etc) had operations in the station's area of competency, the premises of the station were used for identification checks for those brought in. Those people were under the jurisdiction and responsibility of the Department from the moment they were brought in and the relevant entry was made in the police records. 36 40 Crime Prevention and Suppression Squads