Cyprus Prisons Department

The Cyprus Prisons Department (Greek: Τμήμα Φυλακών Κύπρου) is the

A common misconception is that the Cyprus Police runs the correctional facilities in Cyprus. This is mainly because the Cyprus Prisons department and the Cyprus Police have almost identical logos, patches, uniforms and are both operating holding facilities. However the Cyprus Police and the Cyprus Prisons Departments, although under the same ministry, are completely separate.

A simple explanation for who is responsible for keeping a felon at each stage is that the police are responsible for detaining suspects in police holding cells until they are formally charged and then are released to appear at a court on a later date while the Prisons department is responsible for people already convicted by a court to jail time and they are serving their

Mission

The policy of the Department of Prisons is based on four principles.^[1]

1. security
2. humanitarian treatment
3. education
4. rehabilitation

For this reason the Department of Prisons has as a primary mission:^[1]

• The secure detention of prisoners who are referred to it by the courts.
• Ensuring prison conditions which guarantee respect for human dignity.
• Equal treatment of detainees without any discrimination due to race, color, sex, language, religion, national or social origin, political or other beliefs of prisoners.
• Encouraging self-esteem and developing a sense of responsibility of prisoners by providing them educational opportunities, vocational training, creative recreation, reflection, self-criticism and self-awareness.
• Guiding and assisting prisoners to a new start in life.

Facilities

The

• Central Jail of Nicosia
• Cyprus Police

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070814041057/http://www.mjpo.gov.cy/mjpo/mjpo.nsf/dmlprisons_gr/dmlprisons_gr?OpenDocument
• http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/0/8d1190d346babf91c2257014005189fc?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=2%2C3%2C1#_Section2^{[permanent dead link]}
• http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal%5Cportal.nsf/All/8FE9953DDD188A3CC225701400513F3F?OpenDocument^{[permanent dead link]}