Human centered approach at prisons paying off, director says
The human centered approach used at the Cyprus prison has led to reduced rates of reoffending, its director Anna Aristotelous said on Thursday. She said...
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Report highlights prison overcrowding
Cyprus registered the fourth highest prison population density in Europe in 2020, new research has shown. According to the Council of Europe’s Annual Penal Statistics...
Ministry mulls amending early release clause for prisoners
The justice ministry is looking into amending a controversial provision in the prison law that allows convicted prisoners who meet certain requirements to submit a...
Coronavirus: Ombudswoman says those detained or confined must be treated fairly
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou on Monday submitted a document on the treatment of people who are imprisoned and otherwise confined in times of the coronavirus to...
Prison service rejects claims by British teen about poor conditions
The prison service on Thursday rejected allegations by the British teen convicted of making a fake rape claim in the Ayia Napa case about conditions at...
Number of convicts on probation lower than EU average
Cyprus has 106 people on probation per 100,000 inhabitants, which is under the European median value of 169 probationers per 100,000 inhabitants, a Council of...
Justice minister calls Cyprus’ penal system a model for other countries
Cyprus’ penal system has become a model to study for experts from member countries of the Council of Europe (CoE), Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said...
French police clash with prison guards in protest over jail conditions
French riot police clashed on Friday with striking prison guards who accuse the government of doing little to counter spiralling violence and Islamist activism inside...
Opposition points finger at Nicolaou over suspect escape
OPPOSITION Akel mouthpiece, Haravgi said on Wednesday that Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou bears political responsibility for the escape on Monday of 42-year-old Artur Garibyan Kuznetsov...
Making space for coup purge, Turkey starts to release 38,000 prisoners
Turkey began freeing 38,000 prisoners on Wednesday, after announcing a penal reform that will make space for tens of thousands of suspects rounded up over...
And Vergas played the bouzouki…
Disgraced former Paphos mayor and fraudster, Savvas Vergas played bouzouki, and ex TV presenter Elena Skordelli, jailed for her part in the murder of Sigma...
Cyprus’ prison registers 140 inmates per 100 places
By Angelos Anastasiou CYPRUS, along with Serbia, Italy, Hungary and Belgium, were the countries found to present the highest concentration of inmates in their prisons,...
Bomb hoax at Athalassa hospital
The Athalassa psychiatric hospital was evacuated on Saturday, according to the police, after a person called the facility and claimed there was a bomb on...
Trouble at the prisons again
By Peter Stevenson AFTER months of relative calm, trouble is brewing again at the central prisons after a convict reported that he was raped by...