Korydallos Prison
Terrorist hunger strike elicits anarchist solidarity
The hunger strike by convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, which began on January 8, has activated anti-establishment groups in a show of solidarity with the hitman of the now-defunct November 17 organization.
Korydallos shakedown finds weapons, phones
In the second sweep at the capital's high-security Korydallos Prison in as many weeks, guards seized a large number of makeshift weapons early on Tuesday.
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Weapons, cellphones seized at Korydallos Prison
A search late on Wednesday night on a wing at the capital's high-security Korydallos Prison where financial crimes and terrorism convicts are serving time turned up several weapons, as well as cellphones and computer hard drives.
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Further investigations required before Papantoniou can be prosecuted
A judicial council has decided that former defense minister Yiannos Papantoniou cannot be prosecuted until the charges against him have been further investigated.
After he had spent 17 months in pre-trial detention on money laundering charges in Korydallos Prison, the judicial council accepted Papantoniou's pledge to pay 150,000 euros in bail by July 1 and released him last week.
Security at Greece’s prisons is being tightened
Increasing inspections at Greece's prisons, making the terms of furlough stricter, transferring dangerous criminals to facilities outside cities, relocating the capital's Korydallos Prison and introducing more programs to help inmates are all part of an ambitious prison reform program being overseen by the general secretary for crime policy at the Citizens' Protection Ministry, Sofia Nikolaou.<
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Another furlough rejection for Koufodinas
Jailed terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas has had another furlough demand rejected by a court in Volos, central Greece, upholding a decision by his prison's parole board.
The hitman of the November 17 terrorist organization, who has been convicted to 11 consecutive life sentences over as many assassinations, had asked to spend Christmas at home in Attica.
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Prison bill to toughen rules
A new bill to be tabled in Parliament in the coming days by the Citizens' Protection Ministry aims to tighten the regime for the transfer of prisoners to rural detention facilities, according to General Secretary for Anti-Crime Policy Sofia Nikolaou.
Nikolaou told Kathimerini that 200 inmates have escaped during transportation in the past four years.
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Ministers sign MoU to move biggest prison to west Attica
The ministries of National Defense and Citizen Protection on Monday signed a memorandum of cooperation towards finalizing the move of Athens' largest jail complex at Korydallos district to an old NATO base in the region of Aspropyrgos, western Attica.
Three convicts get life terms for killing lawyer
An Athens court handed life terms to three Albanian convicts on Thursday after finding them guilty of the murder of Athens lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos in 2017.
Following a prosecutor's proposal for an exemplary punishment, the court sentenced Ibrahim Brahimai, who shot the lawyer, to life, plus an additional 11 years.
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Ν17 hitman submits new prison leave request
Dimitris Koufodinas, the convicted hitman of the November 17 terrorist group, submitted last week a fresh furlough request to the disciplinary board of the rural prison of Cassavetia, central Greece, where he is being held, a local news website reported Thursday.
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