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Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice and Public Order

Budget of the prison service

18,284,917.43

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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 131.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

716

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15/09/0202
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

25.27% decrease

(between 2008 and 2018)

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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

878

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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2020, p.  30.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

3.17 % increase

(between 2019 and 2020)

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31/01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II – Report 2019, p. 22.

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

87

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01/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.

Variation in the incarceration rate

15% decrease

(between 2010 and 2020)

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

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

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1

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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

715

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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82

Guard to prisoner ratio

Data not disclosed

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 86

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

36

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 82

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

8.3 % (36)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p.82