Cyprus
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Cyprus: released inmates ask to go back to prison
Four prisoners who were released from prison earlier this month have asked to be brought back because they have no place to go. Nicosia central prisons director Anna Aristotelous said on Wednesday that two of the four prisoners were part of the early release of 130 inmates in early April as part of…Cyprus: Nicosia prisons lays out measures taken since March 10
The department for prisons on Friday announced inmates have been allowed additional phone hours and skype calls during the month that visitation has been cancelled due to Covid-19. In an announcement wishing happy Easter holidays to the inmates, the department numbered all the measures implemented…Cyprus: cabinet to approve measures to mitigate prison overcrowding
The cabinet is on Tuesday expected to approve a series of measures to cut down on overcrowding a the Nicosia central prisons to curb any spread of the coronavirus. The issue was the main topic of discussion during a meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and justice minister Giorgos Savvides…