Minister of Justice of Albania, Ulsi Manja, who is on an official visit to London, met with the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Alex Chalk, with whom he formalized the start of the implementation of the agreement on Albanian citizens who are sentenced by Great Britain, to transfer them in Albania.

The press office of the Ministry of Justice in a communique for the media informs that “the agreement will have 0 financial cost for the Albanian state, as the British side covers the expenses for every day that the convicts will suffer their sentence in Albanian prisons”.

“The main goal of the agreement is the social rehabilitation of Albanian convicts in Britain, creating the opportunity for them to serve the remainder of their sentence in their homeland, near their mothers, children, wives and families. The agreement will have 0 financial cost for the Albanian state, as the British side covers the expenses for every day that the convicts will suffer in our prisons. The Ministry of Justice and the General Directorate of Prisons will benefit from logistical support and grants, which will be invested in strengthening the capacities in our penitentiary system. In the transfer process, priority will be given to those who give their consent to return, with the exception of cases where British court decisions provide for their deportation from the United Kingdom”, the press office of the ministry informs.