Greece, Athens

Kolonos police station

Greece

Status

Last documented use

2021

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

Detains: Not Available

Reported population Conditions complaints? Mistreatment complaints?
7

7 February 2018

YES

2024

Yes
Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

29,233

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Kolonos police station
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Greece, Athens, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 38.000270, 23.717564

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Last documented use
2021
In use
2021
Last documented use
2018
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2018

DETAINEES

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
7
7 February 2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2024
2018
2018
2018
2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description “The most recent CPT report from 2024 received several credible and consistent allegations of deliberate physical ill-treatment of detained foreign nationals by police officers in some police stations in Athens (Kolonos and Omonia Police Departments). This included several cases of alleged severe ill-treatment, which mainly consisted of blows with batons and the butt of a rifle, kicks, punches and/or slaps.”

Report date (Year) 2024

2024

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Injury/Physical Harm
Injury/physical harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones No

2023