Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

Country population
847,900
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2015
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
77
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2015
/ ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.856
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Order
Total number of prisoners
654
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2015
/ ICPR
Prison density
97 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2015
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2009
Female prisoners
6.1 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
26 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 2002

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.1 % (40)

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2015

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

26 % (170)

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2015

/ ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 2002

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

38.2 %

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2015

/ ICPR