Last updated: January 2009

Cyprus Detention Profile

List of Detention Sites

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Name Status (Year) Location Facility Type Security Authority Management Capacity Reported Population Segregation
Aradippou Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Aradippou Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police     Gender Segregation; legal segregation.
Lakatamia Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Nicosia Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police 10 6 (As of April 2007) Women only; reports of mixed legal detenton
Larnaca International Airport Detention Center In use (2009) Larnaca International Airport Transit Zone - Airport Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police 16    
Larnaca Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Larnaca Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police 50 50 (As of December 2004) Gender segregation; legal segregation.
Limassol Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Limassol Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police 53 35 (As of December 2004) Gender segregation; legal segregation.
Nicosia Central Prison, Block 10 In use (2009) Nicosia Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police 76 50 (As of December 2007) Men only; legal segregation.
Orokline Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Orokline Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police     Gender Segregation; legal segregation.
Pahpos Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Pahpos Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police     Gender Segregation; legal segregation.
Paralimni Police Station Detention Centre In use (2009) Paralimni Police Station Secure Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Police Force Police     Gender Segregation; legal segregation.

 

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

  • Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. 2008. Report by Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Following Visit to the Republic of Cyprus on 7-10 July 2008. Council of Europe. 12 December 2008.
  • Demetriadou, Thekla (Officer, Office of the Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) of Cyprus). 2009. Interview by Michael Flynn. Phone conversation. 23 January 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • European Parliament. 2007. The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and
    transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states. European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Contract Ref: IP/C/LIBE/IC/2006-181. December 2007.
  • Symfiliosi. 2007. "Cyprus." In Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe. Edited by the Jesuit Refugee Services - Europe. December 2007. http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008).