Prison law 1996-2018 (Οι περί φυλακών νόμοι του 1996 έως 2018) | Medical services of all specializations are offered in the Central Prison, as an extension of the public health service. A doctor of general medicine appointed by the Ministry of Health is mandated with examining detainees’ mental and physical health, determining the treatment and monitoring its faithful administration, opining on the admission of detainees to a hospital or rehabilitation centre outside the prison or on their referral to a special doctor. |
Prison law 1996-2018 (Οι περί φυλακών νόμοι του 1996 έως 2018) | Medical services of all specializations are offered in the Central Prison, as an extension of the public health service. A doctor of general medicine appointed by the Ministry of Health is mandated with examining detainees’ mental and physical health, determining the treatment and monitoring its faithful administration, opining on the admission of detainees to a hospital or rehabilitation centre outside the prison or on their referral to a special doctor. |
Prison (General) Regulations of 1997 [Οι περί Φυλακών (Γενικοί) Κανονισμοί του 1997] | Medical screening of newly-arrived inmates is systematically carried out within 24 hours from arrival, however inmates arriving on a Friday are not seen until the following Monday. |
Regulations issued under article 28 of the Prison law 1996-2018 (Οι περί φυλακών νόμοι του 1996 έως 2018, Κανονισμοί δυνάμει του άρθρου 28) | The medical centre at the central prison carries out vaccination programs for prisoners and for prison staff for contagious diseases. The medical officer of the prison examines each detainee upon admission and thereafter at least every 12 months or sooner if the general health condition of a detainee requires that. |
Prison (General) Regulations of 1997 [Οι περί Φυλακών (Γενικοί) Κανονισμοί του 1997] | Detainees in need of treatment that cannot be treated within the prison are transferred to a state hospital outside the prison, unless the necessary treatment cannot be offered by the state medical services and the detainees specifically ask for a particular private clinic, in which case the detainees may be referred to the private clinic subject to permission from the prison director and subject to the detainee covering the cost incurred. |