2015 | NPM made note of a number of issues among which overcrowding, shortages in infrastructure and old facilities, citing some alarming examples. | Report details |
2017 | These concerns from 2015 remain in its 2017 annual report. There, the NPM noted that although the overall number of detainees is low (total prison population remains below 10.000) overcrowding persists which is creating issues in certain facilities. | Report details |
2018 | The National Preventive Mechanism (Greek Ombudsman) in its annual special report of 2018 on the prevention of torture and ill- treatment noted that in the vast majority of the detention facilities the overcrowding phenomenon has reappeared, improvement of prison conditions requires a holistic approach to managing overcrowding and legislation must be passed to rationalise penalties, protect human dignity and reduce the length of sentences via the adoption of alternative measures. | Report details |
2019 | In its annual special report of 2019 , the NPM stressed that the initial significant prison decongestion trend has gradually receded, mainly due to the high rates of pre-trial detention and the severity of penalties imposed by courts on certain categories of crimes. | Report details |