Nigrita

Ex-prison warden found guilty of spying on colleagues

A former prison warden has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for coercing an inmate to wiretap the correctional facility's phone line, enabling him to eavesdrop on his colleagues.

The incident took place at Nigrita Prison near Serres, northern Greece, in 2017, during the tenure of the convicted official as head of the correctional institution.

Jailbreaker and alleged accomplices arrested for armed robbery in northern Greece

Four people were arrested on Thursday, among which a man who had escaped from a prison in the Greek town of Serres in central Macedonia in January this year, after allegedly committing an armed robbery in another town, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA.

Ministry launching Greek language classes for foreign prisoners

The Justice Ministry on Friday said it is working with the Center for the Greek Language to provide lessons to foreign inmates at the country's prisons.

The program will initially be launched at the prisons of Thessaloniki, Nigrita and Grevena, all in northern Greece. It will also include seminars to train Greek or Greek-speaking inmates to teach the language to fellow prisoners.

Judges insist Nigrita guards must be tried over inmates' death

Thirteen correctional officers are to stand trial over the death of Albanian inmate Ilie Kareli in Nigrita Prison last March after a judicial council in Serres, northern Greece, rejected their appeal against their indictment.

The indictment was issued last October after a judicial investigation found that the inmate had been tortured.

Four Nigrita prison guards bailed, protests held in Albania


An Albanian man holds a placard that reads 'Kudret Kume was beaten by Greek police' during a protest in front of the Albanian Interior Ministry in Tirana, Albania, Monday.

Four guards from Nigrita Prison in northern Greece were bailed Monday after giving depositions in connection to the torture of Albanian inmate Ilie Kareli – aka Kudret Kume – who later died.

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