Greece is integrating the Korydallos prison psychiatric unit into its national mental-health network, aiming to upgrade inmate care and align services with European standards.

A serious breach of protocol has emerged at Greece’s largest prison, where an inmate serving a heavy sentence was taken outside by a prison officer to fix the officer’s car, without any official permission

The eleven detainees have been formally charged in connection with the possession of illegal substances and weapons

Greece’s Ombudsman has released a report detailing how Greece’s prisons and detention centers are overcrowded, dangerously understaffed, and risk the health and human rights of detainees and prisoners.

In a letter sent from Korydallos prison, Nikos Romanos writes that he is being scapegoated, and cast as “forever guilty”.

On Friday one prisoner was found dead in Kordyallos prison in Athens, and one in the Volos Youth Detention Center.

The suspect, Thanassis K., was remanded to Korydallos Prison’s psychiatric ward after his arraignment. He was transported to a hospital ICU