UK could help fund jail in Albania for offenders transferred from British prisons
3 years, 7 months ago

UK could help fund jail in Albania for offenders transferred from British prisons

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK could help finance the construction of a prison in Albania to house offenders sent back to the country from British jails. British and Albanian justice ministers Chris Philp and Etilda Gjonaj last week approved a prisoner transfer agreement that will allow offenders from either side to be sent back to their home countries to serve out their full sentences. In 2015, David Cameron offered Jamaica around £25m from the UK’s aid budget to part-fund a prison for offenders returned from Britain, though the deal was eventually rejected by the administration in Kingston. Under the terms of last week’s agreement, Albanian authorities will have to foot the bill for housing returned offenders in its own jails, saving the UK taxpayer an average £44,600 per inmate.

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UK spending £1.5m on minibuses and electric vehicles for Albania prisons

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Albanians to face immediate removal from UK under tough new asylum rules
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Watchdog warns of prison overcrowding as Boris Johnson vows to extend jail terms
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Surge in drug gangs triples number of Albanians in UK jails
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Surge in drug gangs triples number of Albanians in UK jails

Daily Mail  

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We spend £35million a year to lock up Polish criminals ... because the jails there are full: 900 criminals held in our packed prisons

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