Domokos

A previously unknown group has claimed responsibility for murdering the warden of Domokos Prison in central Greece three months ago.

Makis Galimanis was gunned down outside his home in Lamia in February in a drive-by shooting.

Police are reportedly closing in on Greece’s most wanted fugitive, bank robber and kidnap-for-ransom mastermind Vassilis Paleokostas, near the town of Nea Aghialos, in central Greece.
Two individuals have already been arrested.

A bill aimed at decongesting Greece?s overcrowded prisons, which includes a provision foreseeing house arrest instead of detention in some cases, has prompted the vehement opposition of prosecutors who fear it will lead to the uncontrolled release of inmates, but has cheered convicts.

Convicted urban guerrilla Nikos Maziotis on Tuesday became the first inmate to be transferred to the new maximum-security wing of Domokos Prison in central Greece, built to house inmates serving time for serious crimes such as terrorism.

Plans to create maximum-security prisons in Greece, which were announced in January, have yet to move forward, Kathimerini has learned.

Prison guards on Friday warned of extended action unless their union is granted a meeting with recently appointed Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias to voice its concerns about working conditions and plans to build maximum-security cells at Domokos Prison in central Greece.

A disciplinary investigation has been ordered by the Justice Ministry into what led to a 48-year-old inmate at Domokos jail in central Greece killing one fellow prisoner and seriously injuring another.

Greek prison guards on Friday vowed to extend action being carried out in protest at understaffing across the country’s correctional facilities until July 1.

According to figures provided by unionists, who launched rolling work stoppages on Thursday, facilities in Greece have an average ratio of about one prison guard for every 500 inmates.

A 32-year-old inmate of Domokos Prison in central Greece who failed to return from a furlough on May 20 was arrested in nearby Lamia on Monday.

The inmate, who was serving a life sentence for homicide, was deemed a fugitive when he skipped out after four days of leave.

He was located in a remote mountainous area a few kilometers away from the jail.