
The situation created in the only prison in Cyprus leads to funny situations, such as the one recorded with a life-sentenced prisoner for the murder of 4 people, making a podcast from his cell, despite the fact that prisoners are supposed to have no electronic devices and their access to the internet is prohibited.
Cyprus's high-security prisons are on the verge of collapse. From escapes to violent conflicts between prisoners, there is even a lack of podcasts from the convicts' cells.
Lifers escape, convicts are beaten and sent to the hospital in a coma, drugs circulate among prisoners with little problem, and criminals make podcasts by turning their "high security" cells into studios.
Until three years ago, Cyprus' prisons were a global example for their approach, receiving international acclaim, while the applied prison system was also considered pioneering by Scandinavian countries.
Even the television platform Netflix dedicated a report to these prisons.
A little later, their "destruction" began.
Cyprus’ central prisons have not had a system for disabling mobile phone signals and cutting off wireless internet signals for years. While the 4G signal cutting system was in place, when an attempt was made to upgrade to 5G, the contracting company and the Ministry of Communications’ Electromechanical Services made a mess of it. The system never worked and the contract was cancelled. Almost three years have passed and the state has not managed to install a system.
This has created a ring of cell phone imports and sales in prisons, involving guards and prisoners. Many of the incidents are due to competition to control the illegal traffic of cell phones and drugs in prisons. Convicts who control the movement of cell phones sell them for thousands of euros to their fellow prisoners and then work with prison guards to track them down so that new devices can be imported, bringing in significant profits for both prisoners and prison guards.
The situation created in the only prison in Cyprus leads to funny situations, such as the one recorded with a life-sentenced prisoner for the murder of 4 people, making a podcast from his cell, despite the fact that prisoners are supposed to have no electronic devices and their access to the internet is prohibited.
This is the Serbian Dejan Loy, who was the bodyguard of businessman (known in the world of illegality) Fanos Kalopsidiotis, who was killed in 2016 while in the company of police officer Ilias Hatziefthimiou and his wife Skevis, who were shot dead by two Albanian executioners. In the same attack, Yiani Vogli was killed, who was allegedly shot by his associate Aleks Burelli, who has since disappeared and is presumed to have been killed by his bosses to keep him quiet.
Loy Dejan uploaded a video to the "No Guilty TV" YouTube channel on Monday in which he expresses his appeal against his life sentence. Dejan Loy was convicted after allegedly collaborating with the attackers, signaling them when to strike and then leaving the scene at the time of the attack, claiming to be going to the bathroom.
Dejan Loy was convicted of assault in Germany, where he lived for 30 years, and was deported to Cyprus in 2014, where he began working as a bodyguard for Fanos Kalopsidiotis.
Dejan Loy's video, after it was posted, became the subject of discussion among prisoners in prisons, where some expressed the intention to share their pain on the online channel. The Directorate of Prisons was also informed, and has ordered a search of the cell of the life-sentenced prisoner. Because the investigation was expected, only a broken cell phone was found and without a SIM card or other information that could provide any information.
Also, because the channel's promotional trailer featured a photo of former Cypriot Deputy Police Chief Andreas Kyriakos, he contacted the channel and requested that his photo be removed, which happened as a new trailer was "uploaded." ( Adapted from Pamphlet by Protothema )
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