News on Enhancing the Protection of Human Rights of Prisoners in Albania
Albanian prison directors enhance their leadership and prison management skills
On 18-20 March, 20 prison Directors representing all the Albanian penitentiary institutions, attended a leadership and prison management training delivered by two Council of Europe international consultants and the Head of the Albanian Training Centre for prison staff. The training combined...
Albanian authorities discuss follow up measures to the CPT report
In a high level meeting, organised with the support of the European Union and the Council of Europe, senior officials in the field of penitentiary discussed the upcoming steps in addressing the key challenges of the penitentiary system stemming from the main findings of the European Committee...
Medical and psycho-social staff capacitated to develop multi-disciplinary treatment plans for forensic patients
24 professionals from 5 prisons of Albania and representatives from the Directorate General of Prison Administration increased their capacities on how to provide in-depth assessment to developing of a multi-disciplinary Individual Treatment Plan. Both medical and psycho-social staff increased...
The capacities of the Albanian Training Centre for prison staff further enhanced
In response to the increase of the number of trainers from 2 to 12, the Council of Europe continues to assist in enhancing the capacities of the Albanian Training Centre for prison staff by holding a Training of Trainers (ToT) in Vlora from 10 to 12 May for 31 penitentiary staff with different...
Albanian prison service to pilot Standard Operating Procedures for prisoners with mental health disorders
The European Union and the Council of Europe through their joint Horizontal Facility programme are assisting the Albanian prison service to further improve the treatment of prisoners with mental health disorders. This will be achieved by setting up a standardised system of detection, screening...
Renewed cooperation for enhancing the protection of human rights of inmates in Albania
Representatives from the General Directorate of Prisons' Administration, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health and Social Protection, State's Advocate, and non-governmental organisations, together with representatives from the European Union and the Council of Europe, gathered in Tirana to...
Albanian prison service prepares to introduce a new programme for female offenders
The reintegration programmes for female offenders in Albania will further improve through the introduction of a new treatment programme that will assist women in prison find a support at personal and social level. The programme was developed the Council of Europe’s consultants and it was...
Finland hosts Albanian prison officials, sharing good practices on prisoners’ employment and rehabilitation
As part of the ongoing efforts of the Albanian authorities to improve education and employment opportunities for prisoners in Albania, a study visit to Finland was organized on 14 and 15 September 2022. The purpose of the visit was to observe good practices concerning prisoners’ employment and...
Albania strengthens preconditions for multi-agency coordination in reintegration of violent extremist prisoners
A total of 8 local inter-agency coordination forums on improving the management of violent extremist prisoners (VEPs) and supporting their reintegration back into the society took place in Albania in the period from July 2021 to March 2022. They brought together some 250 representatives coming...
The Albanian prison system drafts the Action Plan for the national roll out of Risk and Needs Assessment and Individual Sentence Planning at the national level
As part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen the protection of human rights of prisoners in Albania, professionals of the penitentiary system- representatives of the General Directorate of Prison Administration (DGPA), six prison facilities, and the Council of Europe (CoE) came together to design...