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breakdowns, power cuts and fire hazards. The problem of power supply also
affects the heating conditions during the winter months, making it impossible
to operate the pottery workshop.
There are long gaps of time between the entries in the Prisoner Injury Registry, which may be indicative of a lack of scrupulous compliance.
vi. Special Rural Detention Facility for Juveniles in Kassaveteia Volos
In the Male Juvenile Prisoners’ wing the main problem for the detainees is
the lack of possibility to meet with their spouses and children in an open
visit. This option is provided only after a period of "probation" and, according to the detention staff, it is not possible to provide this facility from the
very start of the detention due to lack of proper mechanical equipment for
guest inspection. In this particular case, however, account must be taken of
the detainees' young age and the right to communicate with their relatives
through visits (article 52 of the Correctional Code).
In the Adult Prisoners’ wing, the main concerns are the probation time and
the selection criteria for employment in outside work. With regard to infrastructure, there is the need to replace the boiler to save resources, the
delay in approval of projects by the Ministry of Justice, and the difficulty of
issuing a planning permit for water supply.
vii. Rural Detention Facility for Adults in Tiryntha
The age of the buildings, combined with the inability to carry out infrastructure and/or maintenance works, leads to major practical difficulties in
improving the facility because, on the one hand, the whole area occupied
by it is located in the 1st Archaeological Zone and, on the other, contracting
companies fail to bid on low-cost projects.
The population of detainees in the dormitories (multiple occupancy cells)
is large (12-20 people), so that they are deprived of any sense of privacy, while the requirements regarding the space-per-detainee are not
respected. During our visit, the issue of lack of hot water was raised by
a significant number of detainees as one of the most important issues
at the facilities, and there were also complaints about the temperature
in the dormitories (very cold in the winter, very hot during the summer).
There were also significant inequalities with regard to the living conditions
among the inmates, given that the same number of square metres may
house one inmate in the huts and multiple inmates in the closed section
of the prison, and at the same time the appliances and appointment in
some huts and cells may create a sense of inequality among the inmates..
Lastly, the detention facility has no sporting equipment or organised sport
programmes, while the courtyard areas, which do not have benches or
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