Prison director and deputy say vindicated by investigation
Lawyers for the prison director and her deputy said on Friday the system would continue to go against them even after a report into allegations...
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Report into prison controversy due on Thursday
The report into the explosive central prisons row between its director and the now suspended head of Ykan (drug squad) is due on Thursday. Independent...
Prison guard members of Isotita to go on indefinite strike
Prison guard members of the Isotita union on Tuesday announced they will go on an indefinite strike over the alleged breach of a promise concerning...
Permission still pending for upgrade to prison phone jamming system
Work to install a system to deactivate mobile phones at the island’s central prisons is awaiting the green light from the prisons’ directorate, according to...
Two jailed for 18 years for 2020 Zakaki drugs haul
The Limassol criminal court on Friday imposed a prison sentence of 18 years on two persons in connection with a case of importing and possessing...
Deputy AG orders prison investigation
The prisons and its operations are to be investigated by a top team appointed by the attorney general’s office amid a whirlwind of allegations that...
Jamming or surveillance: the prison phone debacle
A much-needed upgrade to controlling illegal mobile usage within the prisons has seen the justice ministry accused of breaking the law The alleged collusion...
Ministry says not attempting to listen in on phone conversations in prison
Surveillance upgrades at the central prison are not to follow conversations but to track cell phones being used to attempt to make illegal calls, Justice...
People can change, the message as prison schools mark end of year
Prison director Anna Aristotelous sent a message that “people can change” during the official closing ceremony of the facility’s schools on Wednesday. Ten inmates were...
British tourist jailed for one year after Napa hit-and-run
A 26-year-old British tourist has been jailed for one year after he was found guilty of the hit and run which killed a Swedish mother...
