New location for prison: Agios Sozomenos instead of Mathiatis
The Cypriot government has moved away from the Mathiatis location for the new central prisons and instead chooses state land in Agios Sozomenos near Nicosia. The decision was made at a meeting of the Justice Ministry, citing costs and local opposition to Mathiatis as reasons. The prison will resolve overcrowding problems at the current central prison.