PRISONS Certain minors, especially those who had recently entered the country, were in summer clothes and flip flops (the inspection took place in December) and the children were obviously cold. The social service argued that their needs in clothes and shoes were always met but it was the minors who rejected the clothes or traded them with cigarettes and other commodities. The minors, on their part, persisted that the items that were delivered to them, were not sufficient, and that their requests for clothes were not met. The infirmary was housed in the same office with the social services and the facility's psychologist. As a result all professionals had difficulties in their work, namely dealing with privacy issues and meeting the detainees' requests. Notwithstanding these setbacks, it is noteworthy that there were psychological support services available as opposed to the past.31 We observed increased demand for mental health medicaments from minors. Teenage detainees reported difficulty to sleep, intense anxiety and fear, need for psychiatric monitoring and tendencies of self-harm. This is particularly troubling considering the lack of purposeful activities, including employment, athletic and leisure activities. Another serious problem was the lack of psychosocial support and interpretation. Primary school students were allocated in five groups depending on their Greek language level. Due to the lack of educators each group of students had lessons once a week. As a result students spent four mornings per week out of school doing nothing. Lessons in high-school differed significantly from those offered in the Ministry curriculum, if they were even followed. There was no option to follow any vocational training programs, certified courses or seminars. A gym instructor was available once a week. Minors could exercise freely during out-of-cell time but weight-lifting was prohibited for security reasons. The gym equipment room remained shut as it could not be used without a gym instructor's supervision for security reasons. The NPM team found that the lack of purposeful activities had physical, mental and emotional repercussions on minors but it also fueled tensions between inmates and tensions between inmates and guards. On the other hand, the NPM had reported the positive effects of previous practices which had given minors the chance to 31 The Greek Ombudsman, National Preventive Mechanism Against Torture and Ill-treatment - Annual Special Report 2016, https://www.synigoros.gr/resources/docs/opcat_2016_en.pdf 33