New database sheds light on violence in Greek detention facilities

Violence was reported by 70% of respondents across 21 detention sites in Greece including pre-removal facilities, closed camps, police stations, and border guard stations. Those two months and ten days that I spent in Petrou Ralli [Pre-Removal Detention Centre] was the hardest time of my life. Dr Andriani Fili, co-director of Border Criminologies at Oxford University and research collaborator on the Detention Landscapes project said: ‘The motivation for Detention Landscapes was the lack of research into the use of physical violence within Greek detention facilities. You can view the database on the Detention Landscapes website. Detention Landscapes was funded by the ESRC-IAA, Open Society Foundations, and Wellcome Trust, and was set up by HURIDOCS.