A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 months in this police station. He was going to be released on 21 October after having served 6 months. He was once beaten here in front of the others but he had started the fight with the police out of frustration because he had to stay longer than all the others here. Sometimes there were up to 25 people in the cells. Female Section Pechant Timoti, aged 33, from Nigeria, had been detained in the facility for nearly six months. She had been living in Greece for ten years and was on Kos Island to look for work on the island. She was arrested for not having valid documents. There have been a maximum of four people in the cell designed for two people. There was some natural light and they were allowed to exit the cell to use the telephone. She said she expected to go to court soon when the six month limit was reached. A female detainee, aged 34, from Greece, had only been in the facility one day as she had been brought from Korydallos Women’s Prison in Athens where she had been in custody for twelve months. She was charged with drug trafficking in Rhodos and ordered to pay 20,000 Euro to make bail. She could not make bail so she has been held in pre-trial detention. In Korydallos there were so many fights among the prisoners that she had to be put in a special cell. Kos Prison Visited on 16 October 2010 The Special Rapporteur was received by Prison Director Vassilis Karathanos, and Chief Guard Alexandros Lois. From all prisons visited in Greece, this made the best impression. The director knew every single prisoner, and could answer all questions. He admitted that the medical services were very poor, since no doctor, nurse or dentist served in the prison. There was only one young practitioner who came every Saturday. Most importantly, the director had urged the authorities that dental care should be provided in the prison. The facility comprised with a garden, laundry and washing machines, an orthodox church, a kitchen, a restaurant, paintings by detainees, an inside yard and outside yard where the detainees could play soccer and basket ball. It was a fairly open prison: the doors of the chambers are open from 7.30am to 12pm and from 2.30pm to 7 pm. When the doors are open, prisoners are free to go to the inner yard, to the workshops and gardening or play in the outer yard. There seem to be no unreasonable restrictions. Detainees can use the laundry machines once a week. Hot water is provided by solar energy. The chambers are clean, have beds and mattresses as well as satellite television. At the time of the visit, there were a total of 104 prisoners, but one was on leave. Of the 104, 51 were convicts and 53 in pre-trial. Also, 54 of them were Greeks and 50 foreigners. The official capacity is 45, thus the prison was severely overcrowded. Nevertheless, it made a good overall impression. Individual cases Benjabor Sony, aged 35, from Algeria (living in France), was on holiday with his friends in Kos when the police arrested him in July 2009. In the Kos Police Station, 5 to 6 policemen hit him with their fists and plastic batons all over his body. He broke one tooth and sustained injuries on his head, back and legs. He spent 11 days at the police station. The police officers took away 2200 € as well his watch and jewellery. Then he was 53