Albania

Capital city — Tirana

Country population
2,900,000
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
178
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
Human Development Index
0.791
(69/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.3
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
5,063
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
14.6
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
85 %
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01/2019
/ 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, since 2008
Female prisoners
2 %
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01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
45.2 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2007
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Special populations

Female prisoners

2 % (103)

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01/2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 43

Incarcerated minors

0.5 % (25)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

45.2 % (2,286)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2007

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