Topic in Case of Penology Execution of Criminal Sanctions in the Republic of Albania

Abstract

After the 1990 reform of the penitentiary system in Albania included all aspects of the system: reform in the legal system, reform of the administration, the way of organizing. It is a major role in the reform process has played the Council of Europe, which drew up concrete programs and managed the legal and institutional reform. Currently operating in Albania are 13 prisons and four other construction stageCriminal Code of the Republic of Albania was approved in 1995, Law no. 7895, dated 27.01.1995. For the first time the new code was predicted alternatives to imprisonment in chapter VII of its General Part. Although the doctrine recognizes alternatives to criminal penalties, the title of the code still talks about alternatives to imprisonment, even after legal changes that were made in 2008 to reform the alternative measures 1 .

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n3s1p188