Print version| Country | CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice and Public Order | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Prisons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | 2 Norman Street, 1702 Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +357 22 40 6104 fax: +357 22 30 3889 |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
George Tryphonides
Acting Director |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
905
at 1.9.2011 (Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics - including 217 pre-trial detainees held in police facilities. Trend data below is for the prison only.) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
106
based on an estimated national population of 854,700 at beginning of September 2011 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
38.1%
(1.9.2011 - including pre-trial detainees in police facilities) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
7.6%
(of those held in the prison, 1.9.2011) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.6%
(of those held in the prison, 1.9.2011 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
53.8%
(of those held in the prison, 1.9.2011) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
1
(2011 - one prison but police detention centres are used for many pre-trial detainees) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 658
(1.9.2011 - 370 in the prison, 288 in police detention centres) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
137.5%
(1.9.2011) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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