ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2017 35 and degrading treatment. Therefore, detainees should be removed from this space. Transits Department of Ioannina (19th October 2017) At the time of inspection there were no prisoners at the department, which had recently been painted and disinfected. The Transits Department is located in the basement of the court house of Ioannina and its troops serve detention cells as well as the court house guard. The Department’s troops also carry out returns of Albanian nationals detained in Kakavia. The space has been lent to Hellenic Police by the Public Prosecutor’s Office free of charge. The cells have a capacity of fifteen (15) persons. There are 3 cells, one with a capacity of six (6) persons and two with a capacity of five (5) persons each. We were informed that the Department will not take in more than fifteen detainees. If there are more detainees, excessive ones are detained at Ioannina Police Station. The cells have built-in beds with foam mattresses. Cells and toilets are adequately cleaned by a private cleaning service. Sanitation products are brought in by detainees themselves and the Department provides only toilet paper. As general rule, each detainee is allocated EUR 5.87 daily and this sum covers needs for nourishment, telephone cards and coffee, which is individually supplied by stores. The Detention Facility where each prisoner originates from takes care of any pharmaceutical treatment required and medication follows the prisoner. Each detainee’s medical file is transferred at transit. If the case is of detention at a police station cell, the file remains at the Detention Facility. Natural light and ventilation is inadequate. Inside every cell, there are two light bulbs, but only one of them is being used, at the detainees’ request, as we were informed. One air conditioning unit at the corridor covers all three cells, but does not appear to provide enough heat for the whole space. Hot water is provided using heaters. Maximum detention time is 5 days. In conclusion: The space is deemed suitable for a few days detention. Security Department of Ioannina detention cells (19th October 2017) At the time of inspection, twelve (12) male prisoners were at the Department, of which three in-the-act criminal offenders, one foreign national fugitive and eight foreign nationals administratively detained for return. The less recent of the administrative detainees had entered the Department on