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The British ambassador shows the category of Albanians who are transferred from English prisons

2023-05-24 20:39:43Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The British ambassador shows the category of Albanians who are transferred from
Ambassador of Great Britain in Tirana, Alastair King-Smith

The ambassador of Great Britain in Tirana, Alastair King-Smith, was mandated to negotiate with the Albanian government the agreement on the transfer of Albanian prisoners from English to Albanian prisons.

In an interview talking about this agreement with Top Channel journalist Muhamed Veliu, Ambassador Alastair King-Smith tells how this agreement was reached.

Ambassador Excellency. To my knowledge, with the support of Prime Ministers Sunak and Rama, you together with Minister Ulsi Manja were the leading force in the negotiations for the agreement. How did you make it successful?

Ambassador Alastair King-Smith: This is a new agreement between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Albania, which demonstrates the strength of our cooperation and partnership. It implements the Prisoner Transfer Agreement and has been the subject of negotiations between our two Ministries of Justice and both Governments. We are really pleased because this agreement will enable us to implement existing pacts in an effective way.

What is the agreed formula regarding the financial cost paid by England for each Albanian transferred to Albanian prisons?

Ambassador Alastair King-Smith : This agreement has a number of elements, but basically, the British Government is guaranteeing over 14 million euros to Albania, to cover the cost of prisoner transfers, but also to modernize the prison service in Albania. This means that the best British expertise is being obtained, which ensures higher standards for Albanian prisons, but on the other hand, ensuring that this agreement will be implemented effectively. British prisons are overcrowded, Albanian prisons are overcrowded, the only way to do this is if we work together to push the deal forward.

There are over 1,500 Albanians in English prisons today. The agreement foresees the transfer of 200 of them. What will happen to the rest?

Ambassador Alastair King-Smith: This agreement enables the return of those who received the right to transfer and those who have more than 4 years of sentence left. Some of those you mentioned are awaiting trial and others do not fall into that category. But we know that family is really important in Albania and this agreement enables prisoners to serve the remainder of their sentence near their family and will benefit from family visits.

When will we see the first Albanians transferred to Albania?

Ambassador Alastair King-Smith: The agreement will be implemented immediately. In fact, there were British experts from the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service here in Albania this week, who worked on how to implement the agreement. Of course, transfers will take longer and this is subject to the usual process in Albanian courts. But we are determined to keep pace. We have the Joint Oversight Committee run by both Governments, which means we can move quickly and implement the agreement quickly.

Let's clarify one aspect. If an Albanian in England has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. How many years in prison will I serve in Albania?

Ambassador Alastair King-Smith: So the expectation is that they serve the same length of sentence, but that's subject to agreements and it's up to the courts to decide that, that's something that's part of the agreement.


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