Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

Country population
920,701
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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
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
947
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20/06/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
103
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20/06/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
1.7
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2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2022, table 31.
Prison density
165.5 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2009
Female prisoners
9.2 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
4.3 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
24.1 %
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20/06/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

3

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

0

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

29.2

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

0

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2009