A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 private donors and the workforce of detainees they have been able to carry out significant renovations in the prison. They had completely renovated the visitor area, installed a gym, and built new furniture in the prison. The prison had a capacity of 100 detainees holding 326 persons. The pre-trial detention rate was over 50 percent and 195 of the detainees were foreign nationals. The prison was divided into a “chamber building” with 9 bigger chambers (4 on the ground floor and 5 on the 1st floor) designed for 8 prisoners each (some of which held up to 30 prisoners) and a “cell building” with 21 smaller cells (10 on the ground floor and 11 on the 1st floor) designed for 2 prisoners each (which held 6 prisoners). There were neither minors nor women in the prison. Pre-trial detainees were not separated from convicted prisoners, but prisoners were arranged according to their languages (e.g. an “Arabic cell”) and nationalities. The prison was an open prison allowing prisoners most of the day to walk around and use the yard. Despite the extreme overcrowding, the cells were fairly clean but nevertheless many rooms had problems with cockroaches and other insects. Every prisoner had his own bed with a mattress and blankets and could keep some personal belongings. Most cells had televisions which were private property of certain prisoners. There was no common dining hall but the food was consumed in the cells. According to the forensic expert, the medical facilities were well equipped and the records diligently kept. The most modern room was the visitor room, newly tiled and with glass windows instead grids separating the detainees from visitors. For children visiting their fathers the windows could be retracted to allow direct contact. Pursuant to Article 52 of the Penitentiary Code (Law 2776/1999, GG 291/1999,v.A), all detainees are entitled to visits by relatives, up to fourth degree affinity, at least once per week and for a minimum duration of half an hour. Regrettably, conjugal visits for a longer period were prohibited by a Ministerial decision to prevent drug smuggling. Individual cases Baliu Dimitr, aged 29, from Albania, was kept for months at Komotini Police Station after his arrest in April 2010. A colleague denounced him for working without papers. In August he could finally go to court and then was brought to the prison. He does not have a lawyer. He states that he was treated like a dog at the police station, as the cells were overcrowded, the blankets and bed were dirty, and the food was insufficient. He said that violence was used by the officers in the interrogation room, but not on him. He lacks the money for the bail, and explains he would not have crossed the mountains and left home should he have had money. He adds that in the prison he never witnessed violence from the officers, but some racism in the sense that Greeks seems to have better access to the available jobs. He says that detainees refrain from being violent and get into troubles for fear of being transferred to another prison. Hardi Ahmad, Iraqi Kurd, aged 32. After having lived for 10 years in the United Kingdom, he was deported to Iraq (Erbil). From there, he travelled to Istanbul and arrived some 6 months ago in Greece. He was arrested together with nine other persons by five police officers who used force. While his hands were handcuffed behind his back, four police officers beat and kicked him with boots and wooden sticks. They broke one finger, which is corroborated by evidence of the forensic expert. Then he was brought to Feres Police Station where he stayed for 2 months and 12 days. He is accused of smuggling human beings. Ashraf Mohamed Aboularag, from the Gaza Strip in Palestine, aged 43, came to Greece on 17 June 2010 in a group of 30 people after having escaped Turkish soldiers. They were beaten by some 14 Greek police officers with batons and boots on their heads and bodies while being handcuffed. Then he was brought to Orestiada Police Station for some hours and to Metaxades Police Station for 3 months, where he was again beaten. Then he was transferred to Komotini Prison and accused of having smuggled human beings. The Appeals Court of Thrace ordered his pre-trial detention and fixed the date for his hearing on 33