In the Wing-1, where the rebels from Turkey are being held, on 15 August 2 prisoners tested positive, and less than a week later 14 more tested positive. The prison administration is responsible for this situation. Because they have no prevention policy against Covid-19. On August 15 where the 2 prisoners were diagnosed positive, they did not take any prevention measures, on the contrary they continued to hold all the prisoners together.
On August 17, several more prisoners were infected. But they only ran five tests, because there were no diagnostic kits. Of the five, three tested positive. After that, they said that the quarantine sections were full and they locked everyone in their cell and said we are in general quarantine. On August 20, after continued pressure from the prisoners, they were tested and 14 more were diagnosed positive.
Free prisoners, Ali Ercan Gökoğlu, Burak Agarmış, Sinan Çam and Hasan Kaya, political prisoners in Malandrino, who were diagnosed positive. The state and the prison administration prefer to put bans on visiting hours, clothes and books (which are prisoners’ rights), rather than give medical care and health protection items, such as masks, antiseptic, gloves and bleach, which we are given very sparingly.
As a result, the Greek state is responsible for the health and safety of prisoners. Currently, no action has been taken against Covid-19 in Malandrinos prison, they are trying to cultivate herd immunity! Since the Greek state does not care about the lives of the prisoners it has imprisoned, it should release them.
