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Albania

Capital city — Tirana

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Panorama

Overview

Organisation

Name of authority in charge of the prison service

Ministry of Justice

Budget of the prison service

44,027,975

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 33.

Prison population

Total number of prisoners

4,615

i
04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the number of prisoners

decrease

The prison population decreased by 6.41% between January 2023 (4,931)1 and April 2024 (4,615).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩

Number of people serving non-custodial sentences

Data not disclosed

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

170

i
04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Variation in the incarceration rate

decrease

The incarceration rate decreased by 4.76% between January 2023 (178)1 and April 2024 (170).

  1. Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩

Number of admissions

3,959

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.

Number of releases

3,923

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.

Average length of imprisonment (in months)

15

i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.

Prison density

87.2 %

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Prison facilities

Total number of prison facilities

23

i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

5,657

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

Staff

Number of prison guards (FTE)

3,271

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Guard to prisoner ratio

1 : 1.5

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.

Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)

99

i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.

Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff

2.2 % (99)
i
31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.