{"id":7854,"date":"2024-04-12T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=7854"},"modified":"2024-04-12T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:00:08","slug":"police-holding-cells-should-be-abolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=7854","title":{"rendered":"Police holding cells , \u2018should be abolished\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/police-holding-cells-should-be-abolished.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Holding cells in police stations should be abolished<\/strong>, trade union Isotita\u2019s police branch chairman Nikos Loizidis said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-89066482\">\n<div id=\"cypru-167143055\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-9625212468129-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to Alpha TV, he said problems in holding cells have been caused by overcrowding, and that the existing facilities \u201ccannot deal with the numbers of people on trial or on remand anymore\u201d.<br \/>\nHe added that police stations across Cyprus are facing the same problem, and that facilities have been \u201coverloaded\u201d.<br \/>\nThe root of the problem, he said, is that \u201c<strong>we do not have one single space where these people can be held<\/strong>.\u201d<br \/>\nHe called for the creation of purpose-built holding cells to house people on remand and on trial and said the specifications of such a building should be drawn from the Council of Europe\u2019s Committee for the prevention of torture.<br \/>\nHowever, he said, \u201cthey are not listening to us\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cO<strong>utside Cyprus, what police station exactly has two cells inside where people are held for 24 hours at a time<\/strong> and does not have detention centres?\u201d<br \/>\nAdditionally, he said, police staff should not be guarding cells, and this should instead be done by \u201cprofessionals who perform that task as their job\u201d.<br \/>\nHe also said that the government should be prepared to invest in the creation of new holding cells, saying \u201cfor solutions to be found, you must pay\u201d.<br \/>\nLoizidis\u2019 statements come days after ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides released a report decrying the miserable conditions at the police holding centre in Limassol.<br \/>\nThe report declared they are overcrowded, <strong>have inadequate ventilation, and rundown toilet facilities<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe Limassol facility can house up to 34 people and is divided into three wings: one wing for prisoners, convicts, and those awaiting trial, one for minors, and one for administrative detainees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: Holding cells in police stations should be abolished, according to trade union Isotita\u2019s police branch chairman 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