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Forensics Lab to Be Created on Lesvos to Deal with Rise in Autopsies

In a grim reminder of the challenges faced on the Greek island of Lesvos, the Justice ministry announced on Wednesday that it will set up a forensics service on the island to respond to the increasing needs that emerged due...

Convicts to be Imprisoned in Their Home Country

The Greek Ministry of Justice is to pass a new amendment in alignment with European Union directives. According to the bill, foreign convicts will be incarcerated in prisons of their home country. The law reform is based on the principle...

Inmates in Korydallos Prison Hospital Protest Against Poor Conditions

Fifty-five HIV-positive prisoners have decided to stop taking their medications as part of a strike demonstration against terrible conditions in the Korydallos  prison hospital in Greece. Additionally, 205 inmates who are also being hospitalized in the prison have decided...

New Greek Prisons for Dangerous Inmates

Tougher detention conditions, separate prisons and specially designed cells, as well as no furloughs, are just some of the changes proposed for dangerous inmates held in Greek prisons, that are included in the new bill brought to parliament by...

Stiffer Draft Bill Against Child Abuse and Pornography

The Greek Ministry of Justice is forming a new bill of eighteen provisions in an effort to deal with the sexual abuse and exploitation of children as well as child pornography. The new bill, which will be presented in the...