#nicosia central prisons

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident which saw a prisoner suffer injuries to ‘various parts’ of his body which were ‘possibly caused by a sharp object’. The ...

Authorities on Monday confirmed that an inmate at the central prisons had been physically assaulted over the weekend, but said the person was now in good health and expected to ...

Under draconian police measures, convict Doros Theofanous appeared in court on Tuesday with a 26-year-old man charged of being his accomplice to help him escape prison. The two appeared before ...

The children of convicts at the Nicosia central prisons were allowed extended visits to the facility over three days this week to spend time with their parents. The events were ...

Police confirmed on Monday an investigator was being appointed to assess a prisoner escape, where an inmate walked out of Nicosia prison without question. “At first sight, it seems there ...

A convict in the Central Prisons was injured while climbing a gate on Sunday and taken to the Nicosia General Hospital. The prison guard branch of police union Isotita said ...

The prison staff wing of trade union Pasydy on Friday strongly condemned the injury of three wardens at the Nicosia prison when breaking up a clash amongst inmates. It emphasised ...

An inmate has been found dead at the Nicosia central prisons. The 60-year-old man, who was imprisoned for the rape of his eleven-year-old grandson, was found dead in the bathroom. ...

Police on Tuesday said it was investigating a murder attempt at the Nicosia central prisons. In a very brief statement, police said the report had been filed by a 43-year-old ...

The scandal of mobile phone use in the Nicosia prison deepened this week as the company tasked with upgrading the system to deactivate phones said it had inadvertently reconnected some ...

A meeting to be chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades on the situation in the prisons after the damning statements made by the attorney general against management has been cancelled, deputy ...

Nicosia district court on Friday issued a detention order for three men, aged 53, 38 and 36, in connection with the case of the premeditated murder of a 41-year-old inmate at the central ...

Three more inmates were arrested in connection with the murder of a Turkish Cypriot at the Nicosia central prisons on October 27, police said on Sunday. Along with the three, eight ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Sunday demanded the identification and conviction of those responsible for the death of a Turkish Cypriot inmate at the Central Prisons in Nicosia. Referring ...

Nicosia district court on Saturday remanded eight prisoners following the murder of a 41-year-old Turkish Cypriot inmate at the central prisons. The suspects, who have been remanded for eight days, ...

A large percentage of inmates in Cyprus are illegal migrants who could have been issued administrative measures to relieve some pressure from the overcrowded Nicosia prisons, director Anna Aristotelous told ...

Two inmates at the central prisons in Nicosia held their nuptials on Thursday – and a Netflix crew happened to be on hand to document the unusual wedding. And no, this ...

By Stavros Nikolaou and Stefanos Messios A meeting has been scheduled for next Monday between the chief of police and the justice minister after a clash at the Nicosia central ...