Police guard the area around the Korydallos prison, near Athens, after Greece's then most famous criminal, Vassilis Paleocostas, and an his Albanian accomplice, Alket Rizai, escaped by helicopter, on ...

ATHENS, Greece -- A brawl in an Athens prison wing housing foreigners left at least two inmates dead and 21 others injured on Sunday, many seriously, authorities said. The fight, involving makeshift ...

Riot policemen walk outside the Korydallos prison in Athens, Greece, Oct. 3, 2013. A violent riot broke out at the prison on Sunday. Reuters Two people were killed and 21 injured in a riot at ...

Under the harsh glare of a floodlight in a grassy courtyard surrounded by towering walls and barbed wire, a unique performance took place at Greece’s maximum-security Korydallos prison. The actors, ...

Korydallos prison inmates perform in the ancient Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ for their fellow inmates, at the prison’s yard in Korydallos, Greece, June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas Aphrodite ...

They have learned to live with over 2,000 prisoners on their doorstep, some of them notorious extremists and hardened killers. But for those with homes and businesses situated beneath the high walls ...

A prisoner's suicide is once again drawing attention to the cramped and overcrowded conditions at Greek prisons. Twitter profile “ΚΟΛΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΚΟΡΥΔΑΛΟΥ” (Korydallos hellhole), an account for prisoners ...

With each passing generation, the squalid and overcrowded maximum-security Korydallos prison on the outskirts of Athens welcomes a new breed of high-profile criminal -- its roll-call of inmates ...

KORYDALLOS PRISON, Greece - On a stifling summer evening, the actors took to the stage: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight. The ...