Country

Cyprus

Detention issue

Nutrition

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Prison (General) Regulations of 1997 [Οι περί Φυλακών (Γενικοί) Κανονισμοί του 1997]the food given to detainees, irrespective of their detention regime, must be healthy, nutritious, suitably prepared and packed, reasonably diverse, satisfactory from the perspective of both quantity and quality and adjusted to the principles of dietary contemporary hygiene.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2020An inspection of the food received to feed the detainees on the day of the visit found that it was satisfactory, both in quality and quantity. I note that international standards stipulate that the diet of prisoners should include three meals, of which at least one full meal (cooked food) per day. Report details