#Prison

An attack inside Cyprus’ central prisons was on Tuesday branded an “attempted murder” by a prisoners’ rights group, which called for an urgent police investigation. The Association for the Protection ...

A total of 1,271 inmates were taken to state and private hospitals in 2024, the prisons department said on Tuesday, slamming press reports questioning the administration’s policy as “unfounded”. Replying to ...

An early morning prison search on Friday produced a number of banned items, such as a smart watch, but no mobile phones were found, the prison administration said on Friday ...

The prisons department on Tuesday denied allegations that the new Wing 11 at the central prison has security issues after reports surfaced of an inmate being beaten with a padlock. “We ...

Efforts to tackle prison overpopulation are ongoing, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday at the opening of a new high-security wing at the Central Prisons. The project transformed an existing ...

A detention centre for juvenile offenders is to be up and running by January 1, 2026 at the latest, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Tuesday. The minister joined a round-table discussion ...

The number of people in prison in the north has fallen to 840, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Friday night. Addressing the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee, where his ‘ministry’s’ budget ...

There is a glaring gap in training and security protocols for the prison service and police officers, which became all the more apparent after convict Doros Theofanous last month escaped ...

The escape of lifer Doros Theofanous while on a home visit was the latest scandal to rock the government, getting the president to act uncharacteristically tough by sacking three senior ...

The government aims to create a protocol to review all the procedures regarding allowing prisoners on day release, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Tuesday. He said the aim of ...

Trade unions Isotita and Pasydy announced on Monday that they decided to postpone protests at the central prison scheduled for October 1 at the request of Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis. The ...

A prisoner in the north sustained first-degree burns on his face and body after having boiling water with sugar in it poured on his face and body. The prisoner was ...

Authorities have acknowledged that a contract for the installation of an ‘anti-drone shield’ has run into trouble, but not aground – at least not yet. The police – as the contracting authority – ...

More than 1,000 people are currently incarcerated at the north’s prison, Cyprus Turkish civil servants’ trade union (Ktams) leader Guven Bengihan said on Thursday. Speaking to news website Kibris Postasi, ...

The government is “determined” to fight organised crime in prisons, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Tuesday. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the central prison’s guidance and post-prison ...

A 69-year-old Greek Cypriot man was sentenced to four months in jail in the north on Thursday after having been convicted of sexually assaulting a hitchhiker he had picked up ...

Prison wardens on Tuesday found a mobile phone and a quantity of drugs inside cells at the central prison. The material was found during a search of the prison, with ...

Cyprus has topped the chart for prison overcrowding, with a staggering 166 inmates per 100 places. The country’s prison records do not stop here, as it is also first for the ...

The situation for prisoners has deteriorated since 2017, while the Nicosia central prisons are “bursting at the seams”, an anti-torture report published on Friday revealed. Concerns were raised in the Council ...

The prison guard who was arrested on suspicion of arson was remanded for eight days on Tuesday. The 47-year-old man was brought before the Nicosia district court and accused of ...

Action will be taken over the way a prisoner escaped jail, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Saturday. He noted that at first glance, it seems there were security oversights. ...

A 42-year-old prison guard was handed a six-day remand on Tuesday after being arrested when drugs were found in his locker at the central prison. A total of 120 grams of ...

A packet that possibly contains drugs was found in a cupboard used by prison guards, the department of prisons said on Sunday. A search was carried out in the facility, ...

The attorney-general’s office is blocking President Nikos Christodoulides from pardoning an 82-year-old man sentenced to 2.5 years in jail, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Saturday. The man, a ...