Prison holds events to boost family relations
Two large events for children were organised by the central prison recently, it announced on Sunday, to mark International Children’s Day and to boost its...
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Tests on prison jamming system may affect mobile phone signals nearby
The transport ministry announced on Wednesday that mobile phones signals in areas near the Nicosia prison might be affected over the next two weeks because...
Death in central prison appears to be heart attack
A 51-year-old man being held at the central prisons died on Tuesday noon from what appears to be a cardiac arrest, an announcement by the...
Hurt inmate takes own life
A foreign inmate committed suicide on Tuesday after his girlfriend of 10 years broke up with him and cut off communication, the prison administration said....
Twenty eight convicts given August 15 pardons
Twenty-eight convicts are being released after receiving a pardon from the President on Friday in time for the August 15 holiday, prison governor Anna Aristotelous...
Council of Europe report raises concerns of police abuse
A Council of Europe anti-torture report published on Thursday raises concerns over allegations of police abuse, prison overcrowding and poor conditions in psychiatric and social...
Justice minister defends prison’s good name
There is no comparison between the previous state of the Central Prison and today’s much-improved conditions, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Tuesday, lashing out...
Prison guard remanded for possession of drugs, firearm (updated)
The prison administration vowed to stamp out corruption on Friday, as a 38-year-old warden was remanded in custody for six days in Nicosia in connection...
Drugs, pistol found in prison guard’s car
Police on Thursday found drugs and a loaded pistol in the car of a Central Prison guard, the governor of the facility said. Aristotelous said...
Escaped convict still at large, opposition cries foul (update 2)
Authorities on Thursday launched a manhunt for the capture of a 27-year-old convict who managed to escape from Nicosia’s Central Prison the previous day, as...
New women’s wing opens at central prison
The new women’s wing at the Central Prisons in Nicosia, part of a broader strategy to upgrade and modernise the correctional facility, was officially unveiled...
Athalassa staff ‘in danger’ from prison patients
Public sector union PASYNO on Monday urged the justice and health ministries to take action over convicts being taken to the Athalassa psychiatric facility without...
Lifer to be given parole by Easter
By Evie Andreou Lifer Kyriacos Georgiades, 54, who threatened to go on hunger strike unless he was released on parole, has been promised by the...
Skype calls and more visits for prisoners
By Evie Andreou INMATES will be allowed Skype calls, as well as more visitors, visits and longer phone calls, Central prisons’ deputy Anna Aristotelous announced...
Suspected rapist sent home by mistake
By Constantinos Psillides A ROMANIAN inmate in the Central Prison, suspected of taking part in the group rape of another Romanian inmate, received a presidential...
Fifth suicide at Nicosia central prisons
A fifth convict was found hanged in his prison cell in block 2B at approximately 2.30am Tuesday. The convict, a 28-year-old Bulgarian, was convicted in...
Suspect found dead in prison cell
A man held in prison awaiting trial for arson apparently hanged himself with his bed sheet, authorities said on Thursday. The man, 38, was found...