With an occupancy rate of 226.2 per cent, Cyprus had the most overcrowded prisons among EU member states in 2023, according to data released by Eurostat on Monday.
In 2023, 13 EU member states were reported as accommodating more prisoners than they were designed to house.
However, Cyprus was below the EU average in terms of prisoner per population, with 101 prisoners for every 100,000 inhabitants and a total of
