ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2018 15 2.b. Inspections and other investigative actions i. Inspections during 2018 The detention centres inspected by the NPM in 2018 are listed below, in chronological order: • Detention Facility in Patras (30 January) • Detention Facility in Nea Alikarnassos (Heraklion, Crete) (28 February) • Detention Facility in Neapolis (Lasithi) (1 March) • Detention Facility in Hania (“Crete 1”) (1 March) • Rural Adult Detention Facility in Agia, Chania (2 March) • Detention Facility for women in Eleonas (Thebes) (6 March) • Therapeutic Centre for drug-addicted prisoners (“The Choice”) in Eleonas (Thebes) (6 March) • Detention Facility in Larisa (27 March) • Juvenile Detention Facility in Volos (27 March) • Special Juvenile Detention Facility in Kassaveteia (Volos) (28 March) • Detention Facility in Corfu (26 April) • Detention Facility in Kos (4 June) • Detention Facility in Grevena (28 June) • Detention Facility in Trikala (29 June) • Detention Facility in Domokos (19-20 September) • Detention Facility in Chalkis (21 September) • Detention Facility in Nafplio (12-13 November) • Rural Adult Detention Facility in Tiryntha (12-13 November) • Detention Facility in Corinth (14 November) • Detention Facility in Tripolis (15 November) ii. Methodology of inspections The methodology of inspections1 is revised and enriched every year. An NPM team consisting of at least two of the Authority’s experts visits the detention facilities without previously notifying the prisons. The visit takes place preferably on working days and in the morning hours, so that all members of the staff are present. It is normally completed in one day and it lasts for several hours –at least five– depending on the size of the Facility. Firstly, the team meets with the Administration, the Chief Warden, the staff of the social services, the psychologist and doctor (if these positions are filled), in order to gain a first impression of the situation and identify problems, shortages or disruptions, as well as “good practices”, according to staff evaluation. 1 The Greek Ombudsman, Annual Special Report NPM 2017, pp. 16-17 https://www.synigoros.gr/resources/opcat_2017_gr.pdf