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Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

9.2 % (94)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

30.9 % (29)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

72.3 % (68)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 2 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

14 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41

Incarcerated minors

4.3 % (44)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

Data not disclosed

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31/12/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

2.3 % (24)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

24.1 % (228)
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20/06/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

3.1 % (29)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2002