#prisons
World
Prominent Gaza doctor dies in Israeli prison
A senior Palestinian doctor died in an Israeli prison after more than four months of detention, two Palestinian prisoner...
Local
Prison guard arrested for cannabis
A guard from the Central Prisons was handcuffed in relation to the narcotics found in lockers used by the...
Local
Convicted 82-year-old hospitalised again amid health concerns
With health problems plaguing him, 82-year-old grandfather Chrysanthos had to be hospitalised once again at Limassol Hospital, putting Limassol...
Local
82-year-old under observation at Limassol hospital
82-year-old grandfather Chrysanthos has been hospitalised at Limassol General Hospital and in the Pathology Department since last night. Philenews...
World
Italy plans prison crackdown that pushes Western boundaries
Prisoners in the northern Italian city of Parma are on hunger strike over poor sanitation and overcrowding, the latest...
Local
No complaint filed following prisoner’s self-harm incident
No complaints were lodged against the prison guard or any other personnel by the defendant, who last Friday exhibited...
Local
Challenges in mapping prison drug problem
At least 65% of those ending up in the Central Prisons, either as convicts or as defendants, have used...
Local
Supreme Court case uncovers mobile phone use in prisons
A judicial decision reveals revelations about mobile phones and alleged crimes being orchestrated from the cells of the Central...
Dark Room
Post facto investigations
Since there is a Committee for the Inspection of Detention Centres in the Police, how come it hasn't identified...
Local
Authorities draft action plan to combat drugs, phones in prisons
An action plan, developed in coordination with the Ministry of Justice, has commenced implementation to combat the infiltration of...
Local
MP advocates prison reform amid overcrowding concerns
This morning, Nicos Tornaritis, the President of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, stated that it is time for the Cypriot...
Dark Room
Patching up juvenile criminal justice
Yesterday's case of a 17-year-old escaping from the Kokkinotrimithia police station (he was arrested within the next hour) fatally...
Local
8,575 drug tests conducted in Central Prisons in 2022
The Department of Prisons attributes the reference made in a report by a European body, which states that laboratory...
