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Cyprus
Capital city —
Nicosia
Country population
920,701
i
2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.887
33/188
i
2020
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
i
2020
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Order
Total number of prisoners
947
i
20/06/2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
103
i
20/06/2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
1.7
i
2021
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2022
, table 31.
Prison density
165.5 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
1
i
2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
9.2 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
4.3 %
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I Report 2023
, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
24.1 %
i
20/06/2023
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002
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2024
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