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13.5% of prisoners in Japan are over 65, turning prisons into nursing homes

In one of the countries with the highest life expectancy in the world, many elderly people end up in prison for minor offenses to secure shelter and food

Florides: The Paraskevopoulos law released murderers, robbers, rapists, drug dealers and 80% returned to serious crime

"Then this law was given a time extension in 2017 or 2018, again by the government of Mr Tsipras, where the provisions became even more favourable for criminals," the Justice Minister said, referring to the patricide in Glyfada.

Tuberculosis cases confirmed at Kassaveteia Prison and in Volos

Two inmates and one farm worker are hospitalized with active tuberculosis

Babis Theologis: 31 years in prison, two and a half years free, and a “voluntary solitary confinement cell”

After 2.5 years of freedom, he speaks to "First Word" and Antonis Sroiter about his past, the hardships he endured, and his determination to steer young people away from life behind bars

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