ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2018
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decorated and furnished for toddlers, painted with cartoon characters, has
a playground sign, and even the video surveillance system is camouflaged
to make children feel comfortable. Even the inmate entrance is camouflaged
and the guarding is not visible. There are tables for more than one family
with children, but the number of applications and scheduling allows for only
one family or two to be placed so as to ensure comfort and safety. However,
since the necessary subsidy has not been paid for this area, toys for young
children are collected by staff.
The most alarming problem of the facility is the lack of a permanent doctor,
despite its ten years’ of operation, the presence of elderly prisoners and the
administration of psychiatric medication and treatment. The existence of a
special room serving as a dispensary for prisoners' psychiatric medicines
is evidence of their widespread use. For this reason, a psychiatrist from a
public hospital should visit to provide care for sick detainees, or otherwise
a psychiatrist should visit the detainees on public pay and not burden the
detainees or other financial resources.
Besides the high rate of rejection of inmate requests for temporary release,
the sample of the relevant decisions that we examined outlines, moreover, issues concerning the personalisation and legality of the reasoning, as
there are grounds for rejection that are either vague (necessity for further
monitoring) or are generally referred to with the stereotypical repetition of
reasoning provided in the Correctional Code. In addition, the reasoning that
"the detainee was informed and was advised of actions he might take" does
not ensure that the detainee is informed of his right to appeal to the Court
of Penalty Enforcement.
The location of the Detention facility and the lack of public transport make
it difficult for relatives to get to the prison.; In order to facilitate them it may
be advisable to establish a connection with the city of Grevena, at least on
visiting days.
The various wings and annexes of the prison accommodate about 300
detainees, sentenced for crimes against sexual freedom and the economic
exploitation of sexual life. It would therefore be appropriate to consider the
operation of a psychosocial treatment programme for interested inmates,
and provided that the court has ordered it, as provided for by Article 352A
of the Penal Code.
iv. Trikala Detention Facility
Considering the capacity of this prison, the number of the accommodated
detainees and the sentence lengths they serve, the most important problem is the lack of a permanent doctor. Moreover, it also lacks a permanent
social worker, so that, since June 2016, one on secondment from the Volos
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