Prisoner transfer agreement with Albania
on Justice
A new agreement seeing a greater number of Albanian prisoners transferred from the UK to complete their sentences in Albania has been signed.
The agreement, signed by Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt and the Albanian Deputy Justice Minister, Brikena Kasmi , is the first to be signed with a country with a large number of foreign national offenders in UK prisons. It will see the compulsory transfer of Albanian national prisoners currently serving sentences in the United Kingdom, to prisons in Albania.
The agreement also means that British citizens who are serving prison sentences in Albania may also be compulsorily transferred ...