ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2018
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vii. Schools
Members of the NPM team had the opportunity to ascertain the good functioning of Second Chance Schools, whose beneficial effects are not limited
to the use of the prisoners' time, but also contribute to their rehabilitation
after release. Many schools have been able to attract institution donations
and constructive cooperation with local bodies.
Of particular note are the following activities:
• At the Corfu Detention Facility, a Digital Library has been developed
in collaboration with the Ionian University.
• At the Larissa Detention Facility, a gallery of works by inmates has
been established.
• At the Trikala Detention Facility, an exemplary computer room has
been set up and prizes have been won in international student film
contests.
• The Corinth and Patras detention facilities and Special Juvenile Rural Detention Facility of Kassaveteia (Volos) also have multiple activities.
Equally important is the ability of detainees to continue their studies at local
Evening Lyceums, as well as in the Greek Open University.
However, it is noted that some schools do not have educational material
adapted to the needs of adults and young people who attend the early
classes of primary school or for students who are not familiar with or have
little knowledge of the Greek language. This complicates the educational
process and reduces its effectiveness, despite the efforts of the teachers to
cover the above gaps on their own initiative, as in the case of the Corinth
Detention Facility. At the junior high school level, similar problems result in
inadequate coverage of teaching needs, with a small number of educators
teaching all of the classes.
The satisfactory impression from some detention facilities is countered by
the existing inequality in providing such educational benefits, as some detention facilities have not yet been able to establish a school. A major issue
in the uninterrupted development of the educational process in detention
is the provision to prisoners of continuous and uninterrupted monitoring.
The NPM is often the recipient of protests from detainees whose transfer
to a detention facility without schooling services has resulted in an abrupt
break in their educational progress and has thus resulted in an aggravation
of their psychological condition. Until the full development of schools is
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