A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 interpreter (a police officer assisted with interpretation). After another few days in the police cell, she was brought by boat to Athens and then transferred to Korydallos Prison. A female detainee, from Brazil, had been waiting one year in pre-trial detention. She had not seen a lawyer as it was too expensive. She said that there were vaginal searches done when one first entered the prison and whenever they exit the prison and return, i.e. visit the hospital. These were done by a male doctor with a female nurse present. The guards imposed disciplinary measures if one refused to sign the consent form for this search. The guards did not sexually or physically abuse the detainees, as most were female guards. A female detainee, aged 40, from Romania, had been detained in pre-trial for 6 months. Since she could not pay bail she had to wait for her trial up to 18 months in remand. There were 60 Romanians being held in the facility. Most women were held in large chambers with 15-18 people and a few people shared small cells. She had epilepsy and no medication. A female detainee, from Ghana, had received an 80-year sentence for trafficking 6 kilos of hashish. She had served 7 years of her sentence so far. Many women were serving sentences for drug possession of or drug abuse. She was HIV positive so she had her own room. There were two women who were HIV positive. She was able to see a doctor when needed. There were 4 showers on the entire floor shared by more than 150 people. Many of the windows were not able to close and there were large drafts so very cold in winter. They ate the food in the cells with their hands. They had to buy everything themselves - soap, food and clothes. A.M., aged 41 and other female detainees, had not been ill-treated upon arrest or in detention. However, detainees coming back from day paroles are routinely subjected to vaginal searches. They complained about the conditions of detention. They were not given enough cleaning agent to keep their cells clean. As a result there were many cockroaches. They were not given sufficient sanitary products such as toilet paper and soap and had to buy it mostly themselves. There was only warm water for one hour every evening, creating fights among the detainees. The cells were very cold, the windows not isolated and some panes broken. They have complained about the quality of the food and that they are always given rice or pasta. The medical treatment was very poor. The doctors would not really listen to the complaints of the detainees but usually just give sleeping pills and psychotropic drugs. Some detainees were separated from their children and could not see them regularly. The detainees were not allowed to bring their belongings from home but had to buy all things including clothes and bed sheets new. Detainees without any financial means were very disadvantaged. They have complained about the arbitrary treatment by the prison officials who sometimes refuse to buy things for prisoners without any reason. The poor conditions created much frustration among the detainees and many have been cutting themselves. K.A., a Greek Roma, complained about racial discrimination by the prison officials. She could not receive visitors from abroad. Her minor son was very sick and she could not visit him. Her brother had recently died and she was prevented from going to his funeral. T.P., aged 28, from Poland, was detained for 3 months. She had a young child with a Greek man she is not married to. She was about to be sent to a prison to Poland against her will. She was afraid of being permanently separated from her child. A female detainee, from Russia, was subjected to strip searches when returning from visiting her husband in the male prison. She complained that she had no possibility to carry illegal object with her coming from one prison to another. A female detainee, from Germany, stated that non-Greeks were discriminated against by the prison officials. She also complained about the smell from the drainage that was not 63