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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 Theofilogiannakos1928–2015 · military personnel
- Nadia Valavani1954 · politician
Olga-Nadia Valavani (Greek: Îλγα-ÎάνÏια Îαλαβάνη; born 16 August 1954) is a Greek politician and economist.
- Theofilos Sehidis1972–2019 · serial killer
- Nikolaos Makarezos1919–2009 · politician
Nikolaos Makarezos (Greek: ÎικÏÎ»Î±Î¿Ï ÎακαÏÎζοÏ; 1919 â 3 August 2009) was a Greek Army officer and one of the masterminds of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.
- Roula Pispirigou? · criminal
Georgios Papadopoulos1919–1999 · military personnelGeorgios Papadopoulos ( PAP-É-DOP-Él-És; Greek: ÎεÏÏÎ³Î¹Î¿Ï Î Î±ÏαδÏÏÎ¿Ï Î»Î¿Ï [ÊeËorÊi.os papaËðopulos]; 5 May 1919 â 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 Papantoniou1949 · politicianYiannos Papantoniou (Greek: ÎÎ¹Î¬Î½Î½Î¿Ï Î Î±ÏανÏÏÎ½Î¯Î¿Ï ; born 27 July 1949) is a former member of the National Parliament in Greece (MP) from 1988 to 2007, Minister of National Defense (2001â03), Minister of Economy and Finance (1994â2001).
- Menios Fourthiotis1985 · television presenter
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Korydallos Prison. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/korydallos-prison
Chicago
"Korydallos Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 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 = {2026-07-22}
}