The Officers of the Commissioner’s Office were also informed that pharmaceutical treatments to persons detained in the Detention Centre are administered by the Police Officers on duty. Medicines are provided by their relatives, together with the relevant medical prescription, or by a physician following their examination before their transfer to the Detention Centre. The Commissioner in her report disagreed with the said practice and noted that, based on the last report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), published on 26 April 2018 following its visit to Cyprus in February 2017, pharmaceutical treatments should only be administered by qualified medical and nursing staff. Based on the foregoing, the Commissioner made the following recommendations on the improvement of treatment and living conditions of detainees:      Third-country nationals under detention should be detained separately from other detainees and be transferred to the Detention Centre for Prohibited Immigrants, if their return is not foreseen or possible within 24 or 48 hours from their arrest. Leaflets on the Rights of Detainees and the Detention Centre Rules should be made available in each cell. Arranging the entertainment area in order to provide means of entertainment and creative activities, such as magazines, books, newspapers and books, and speeding up the necessary works to create an outdoor exercise area/yard time. Implementation of a specific Plan for detainees with disabilities. Administration of pharmaceutical treatments should only be made by specialised staff. 22

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