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Albania

Capital city — Tirana

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Country-profile
Year2021

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of female prisoners

2 % (91)
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

40.7 % (37)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

1.1 % (1)
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31/01/2021
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 46

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 juvenile incarceration

14 years old

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

Incarcerated minors

0.5 %

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12/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
2.3 % (114)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 63

People serving a life sentence

6.3 % (176)
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 54
50.7 % (2,354)
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners (≥60 years)

4.6 % (213)

(≥ 65 years old)

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 43

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2007