Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

Country population
1,207,361
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.887
33/188
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.3
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Order
Total number of prisoners
716
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15/09/0202
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
87
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01/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
1.2
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
105 %
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15/09/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
2.9 %
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
34.6 %
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

2

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

0

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

24.1

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

0

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2009