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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

28,416,133

EUR

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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

947

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20/06/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

decrease

The prison population decreased by 7.7% between January 2023 (1,026)1 and June 2023 (947).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

1,038

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2023, table 9.

Variation in the number of people serving non-custodial sentences

decrease

The number of persons serving non-custodial sentences decreased by 11.58% between 2022 (1,174)1 and 2023 (1,038).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9. ↩

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

103

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20/06/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the incarceration rate

decrease

The incarceration rate decreased by 7.54% between January 2023 (111.4)1 and June 2023 (103).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

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.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

1

i
2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

620

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

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

1 : 2.4

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

36

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

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

9.1 % (36)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.