General Directorate of Prisons

Organisation name in original language

Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Burgjeve

Category of human rights structure

Government administration

Country

Albania

Website URL

https://dpbsh.gov.al

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

Rruga Zef Serembe, Tirana

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Legal source(s)

  • Law No 81/2020 on the Rights and Treatment of Convicts and Pre-trial Detainees

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Creating the necessary conditions for the rigorous implementation of all obligations arising from the existing legal frameworkby ensuring that all law enforcement bodies provide humane treatment to people with restricted liberty and by transforming criminal punishment into a re-education opportunity.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Ministry of Justice
  • Non-governmental organisations at the local and national levels

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Council of Europe

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