Albania

Capital city — Tirana

Country population
2,837,743
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.795
69/188
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.3
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,641
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
178
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 34.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
16.4
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 125.
Prison density
80 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
23
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2008
Female prisoners
2 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
50.7 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2007

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

27

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

2

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

53.3

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

4

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2020

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 113

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2008