Communicated on 7 November 2016

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 1167/15 Dimitrios ZABELOS and others against Greece lodged on 24 December 2014

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicants are 18 inmates who suffer from various chronic diseases and are currently detained in Korydallos prison hospital. They argue that the conditions of their detention amount to inhuman or degrading treatment. The applicants complain, in particular, of inadequate provision of medical care and treatment due to lack of medical personnel and inadequacy of infrastructure. They note that Korydallos prison hospital is overcrowded and complain of filthiness of the facilities. In addition, they stress the risk of their contracting contagious diseases, other than those for which they are hospitalised, as inmates are not sufficiently separated based on their health conditions. Finally, they complain of the quantity and quality of their meals and lack of recreational activities.

The applicants complain under Article 3 of the Convention of the conditions of their detention in Korydallos prison hospital and under Article 13 of the Convention of the lack of an effective domestic remedy in respect of their complaints regarding the conditions of their detention.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Did the material conditions of the applicants ’ detention in Korydallos prison hospital, in particular the personal space available to them and the sanitary conditions, amount to inhuman or degrading treatment in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?

2. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their complaint under Article 3 of the Convention regarding the conditions of their detention, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?