A new, state-of-the-art central prisons building is all but complete and will relieve prison overcrowding by about 30 per cent, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Wednesday.
Its inauguration date by President Nikos Christodoulides has been set for December 16.
“We are just waiting for a small area of concrete to be laid [once the concrete strike ends],” the minister said.
The building had been designed based on stringent security