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Albania

Capital city — Tirana

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

1.3 % (65)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of untried female prisoners

60 % (39)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

1.5 % (1)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 7a.

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

14 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42

Incarcerated minors

0.4 % (19)
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31/01/2023
/ Conseil de l'Europe, Rapport SPACE I 2023, tableau 6.

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

2.8 % (139)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 12.

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

4.1 % (187)
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 10.

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

62.6 % (2,891)
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04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

5 % (230)

(≥ 65 years old)

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 6.

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2007

Number of death sentenced prisoners awaiting execution

-