Albania

Capital city — Tirana

Country population
2,761,785
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.796
67/191
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.65
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2022
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
4,615
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04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
170
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04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
15
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
87.2 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
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
1.3 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.
Incarcerated minors
0.4 %
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31/01/2023
/ Conseil de l'Europe, Rapport SPACE I 2023, tableau 6.
Percentage of untried prisoners
62.6 %
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04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2007

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

17

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

2

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

34.5

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

4.1

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2022

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 28.

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, in 2008