Cyprus

Capital city — Nicosia

Country population
875,899
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
86
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.873
(31/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.6
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Order
Total number of prisoners
762
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
1.3
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
141 %
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
1
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
5.1 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43
Incarcerated minors
3.5 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
30.4 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2002
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Special populations

Female prisoners

5.1 % (37)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43

Incarcerated minors

3.5 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

30.4 % (220)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 47

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2002

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