ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2018 23 on the other hand the need to encourage victims to exercise their rights via complaints. The problem was highlighted in the Domokos Detention Facility, where the complaints of at least two detainees were fully confirmed, but the entries in the Injury Book were incomplete and inconsistent with the hospital transits, and the prosecuting authorities were informed by the Administration only when the victim wanted to file an allegation, which the prisoner was de facto discouraged from doing. In contrast, at the Nafplio Detention Facility, in spite of staff claims of difficulty in finding proof because witnesses are reluctant and the cameras are not working adequately, it seems that the prison disciplinary council tries to investigate incidents of violence thoroughly. iii. Infrastructure damages and inability to repair It is now a generalised phenomenon that infrastructure cannot be maintained or repaired in a timely manner. These situations are typically due to the ageing of the facilities, the lack of funds, the lack of budgetary flexibility and due to the possible oversights in the execution or completion of construction works. However, sometimes there are more specific reasons, such as at the Neapolis Detention Facility, where major interventions are forbidden because the whole building does not seem to have any construction permit, a problem that is also observed in a large number of detention facilities, including the Adult Detention Facility of Tiryntha which is located within an archaeological zone. In any event, these phenomena are becoming more pronounced every year and are resulting in the gradual degradation of detention conditions. Particularly: __ At the Chania Detention Facility (“Crete I”), one of the five wings is closed due to damage to one of the five wings, with the rest of the buildings exhibiting a number of shortcomings in design/construction, mainly with regard to plumbing, which are certainly unjustified for a building that was constructed only six years ago. __ At the Detention Facility of Nea Alikarnassos, 18 cells of the old building remain unused due to the collapse of a staircase and roof. __ At the Kassaveteia Juvenile Detention Facility, despite constant repairs and reconstruction, the cells of the working prisoners remain totally inadequate, especially during the summer months. __ In the Special Juvenile Detention Facility of Volos there are disman-

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