Inmates in Nicosia central prisons will have an additional visit for the holidays from their close relatives, it was announced on Tuesday.

For the upcoming holidays prisoners can be visited by close relatives, without them having to present visiting permission forms. They should show an ID card or a passport.

The visits will be held on Christmas Eve, on Christmas day, New Year’s Day and January 6, from 8am-1pm for 30 minutes.

For another year, gifts will be given to the children, grandchildren and other children of the prisoners’ families up to the age of 16.

“During those days, clothes won’t be received for any prisoner, except in the cases of new arrivals,” the prison department said.