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Korydallos Prison

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Korydallos Prison Complex is Greece's largest jail and contains the country's main maximum-security prison (Type B), housing both maximum-security men and women. It is located in Korydallos, Piraeus. Famous detainees include members of the left wing urban guerrilla organizations Revolutionary Organization 17 November, Revolutionary Struggle and Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei. Korydallos prison was also used as the place for the Greek junta trials in 1975, and contains a special court in its basement. Nikolaos Dertilis was the last remaining junta member in jail.

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Notable inmates

  • Theodoros Theofilogiannakos
    1928–2015 · military personnel
  • Nadia Valavani
    1954 · politician

    Olga-Nadia Valavani (Greek: Όλγα-Νάντια Βαλαβάνη; born 16 August 1954) is a Greek politician and economist.

  • Theofilos Sehidis
    1972–2019 · serial killer
  • Nikolaos Makarezos
    1919–2009 · politician

    Nikolaos Makarezos (Greek: Νικόλαος Μακαρέζος; 1919 – 3 August 2009) was a Greek Army officer and one of the masterminds of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.

  • Roula Pispirigou
    ? · criminal
  • Stylianos Pattakos
    Stylianos Pattakos
    1912–2016 · military personnel

    Stylianos G.

  • Georgios Papadopoulos
    Georgios Papadopoulos
    1919–1999 · military personnel

    Georgios Papadopoulos ( PAP-ə-DOP-əl-əs; Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος [ʝeˈorʝi.os papaˈðopulos]; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's Prime Minister from 1967 to 1973.

  • Yiannos Papantoniou
    Yiannos Papantoniou
    1949 · politician

    Yiannos Papantoniou (Greek: Γιάννος Παπαντωνίου; born 27 July 1949) is a former member of the National Parliament in Greece (MP) from 1988 to 2007, Minister of National Defense (2001−03), Minister of Economy and Finance (1994−2001).

  • Menios Fourthiotis
    1985 · television presenter

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Korydallos Prison. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/korydallos-prison
Chicago
"Korydallos Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/korydallos-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-korydallos-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Korydallos Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/korydallos-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}