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Cyprus

Detention issue

Juvenile prisoners

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Prison Regulations (Οι περί Φυλακών (Γενικοί) Κανονισμοί του 1997)Juvenile detainees at the Central Prison reside separately provided the building infrastructure or existing facilities permit this. Juvenile detainees may however work in the same spaces as other detainees following approval from the Prison Director. The Allocation Committee may transfer from the juveniles’ wing any person aged 18+ if in the opinion of the Committee such detainee is unsuitable for residence in the juveniles’ wing due to his behaviour.
Law on the rights of persons arrested and detainedMinors must occupy different cells from the rest of the detainee population and must not meet with adult detainees in commonly used spaces.

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