Greece

The Greek government has approached the Council of Europe to launch a program that aims to improve conditions within Greek prisons. The programme will be a cooperation between the Greek Justice Ministry and the European Council, Kathimerini newspaper reports. Eftychis Fytrakis, the general...

A new correctional code that will soon be put to the vote in the Greek parliament, will allow prisoners to have conjugal visits from their wives or partners. Greek Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou listened to MPs’ suggestions regarding the topic and...

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...

Greece seems to have the largest number of lifers than any other European country, recording an unprecedented record of 1,000. Other European countries have only a few dozen lifers, such as the Netherlands - with a population of 17 million...

(Original story in Greek by Irene Papafilippaki) For the past 15 years, Greek prisons have been changing. Not only did the number of inmates rise tremendously but also their “quality”, or type of offense, has altered. The reasons behind these...

"Deplorable" conditions endured by refugees and migrants in camps on the Aegean islands must be ended, a group of NGOs said on Tuesday. Later this month will see the two-year anniversary of a deal between Turkey and the EU aimed...

  According to local Greek media reports, Greece's Alternate Migration Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, accompanied by Armin Laschet, the state premier of Germany's West Rhine-Westphalia region, was stopped from entering the Moria refugee camp on Tuesday due to unrest at the facility. The German...

Greek security forces have launched a manhunt for migrants who illegally crossed over from the Turkish border since Friday when thousands massed on the Turkish side of the Evros River. Greek Reporter filmed an incident at the small border town...

World War II survivor Giannis Karageorgiou celebrated his 100th birthday recently on the Greek island of Lesvos. His unbelievable strength helped this man survive some of the most barbaric ordeals in modern history, since he spent time in the cells...

The assessment that the detainment of the two Greek junior army officers may last for 15 years was expressed by Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Monday. "In a country where justice operates under the orders of the Sultan the case...

    Gunshots were reportedly heard in downtown Athens on Friday as two prisoners tried to escape police custody during a transfer. Media reports say the two men -- both Georgian nationals arrested in Greece on burglary charges earlier this month --...

Greece's Supreme Court will decide on Dec. 13 whether to extradite a Russian to the United States where authorities want to put him on trial for laundering $4 billion via a bitcoin platform. Alexander Vinnik, who says he is a...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy Chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis exchanged strong words on Friday, after the latter accused the government of being responsible for the escalating lawlessness in Greek cities, and universities, in particular. The main opposition leader said that...

Greek Police arrested 22 anarchists who staged a sit-in at the Hellenic American Union in central Athens early Monday morning. At 8 am on Monday, the protesters blocked the entrance of the institute at Kolonaki and opened a banner expressing solidarity...

Vassilis Stefanakos, one of the most well known convicts and repeat offenders, was released from prison after eight years under a new prison decongestion bill. Stefanakos was serving a 21-year sentence for abetting a murder in 2006 and for abetting...