Inmate injured in Nicosia central prisons
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...
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Prison union calls for end to understaffing amidst inmate clash
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...
Inmate found dead at Nicosia central prisons (Update)
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...
Murder attempt in Nicosia central prison
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...
Prison phone scandal deepens
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...
Meeting on prisons postponed (Updated)
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...
Court orders detention of trio in prison murder investigation (Updated)
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...
Eleven now held in connection with prison murder (Updated)
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...
Tatar demands justice for murder of Turkish Cypriot inmate at central prisons
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...
Eight prisoners remanded in connection with murder of inmate
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...
