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181 convicts are currently serving a life sentence in Albania. Of these, 122 are being kept at the high-security penitential facility in Peqin.<\/p>\n
A new law is now being implemented, allowing convicts to make a living behind bars.<\/p>\n
Euronews Albania takoi Kastriotin, i d\u00ebnuar n\u00eb burgun e Durr\u00ebsit p\u00ebr vjedhje me arm\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00eb turisti.<\/p>\n
Euronews Albania met Kastriot, serving an 8-year prison sentence at the Durres jail.<\/p>\n
The 35-year old was convicted for the armed robbery of a tourist. Now, he works as a cook in jail.<\/p>\nKastriot works as a cook in prison, a job that is helping him make a living \/ Euronews Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cI wake up in the morning, take over my shift from 9 AM to 2 PM and then I go to my room. This is my day. I was sentenced to 8 years for a robbery, I have around 5 years and six months left\u201d, Kastriot says.<\/p>\n
The job he found in prison is not just a hobby, but it will help him make an income as he serves his sentence.<\/p>\n
Albania has 24 penitentiary institutions, from Saranda to Shkodra, 7 pre-trial detention centers, as well as 9 medium-security and 5 high-security prisons.<\/p>\n
According to official data, Albania has 5,059 convicts behind bars, including those kept in pre-trial detention centers.<\/p>\n
A majority, 60% to be more precise, are serving sentences connected to drugs or murder-related offenses.<\/p>\n
Other criminal activities, such as fraud, manslaughter, or participation in a criminal group fill up an inconsiderable portion of the overall offenses that Albanians have been convicted on.<\/p>\n
According to the same data, the most common age group is from 30-40, 15 are minors and 176 convicts are from the age of 60 to over 80.<\/p>\nConvicts according to age group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
547 people were handed 5-10 years sentences, 408 other 10-20 years and 335 are serving 20-25 years behind bars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
181 convicts are currently serving a life sentence in Albania. Of these, 122 are being kept at the high-security penitential facility in Peqin. A new law is now being implemented, allowing convicts to make a living behind bars. Euronews Albania takoi Kastriotin, i d\u00ebnuar n\u00eb burgun e Durr\u00ebsit p\u00ebr vjedhje me arm\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00eb turisti. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,872,150,151,871,873,268,874,506,875,732],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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