Kosovo/Kosova

Total prison population:

1,830

Country: Kosovo/Kosova
Ministry responsible: Ministry of Justice (Ministria e Drejtesise)
Prison administration: Kosovo Correctional Service (Sherbimi Korrektues i Kosoves)
Contact address: Ndertesa Ish Rilindja, Kati VI, zyra 619, 10000 Prishtine, Republika e Kosoves
Telephone: +3820018101
Website: https://shkk.rks-gov.net
Email: zkp.shkk@rks-gov.net
Head of prison administration: Sokol Zogaj, Director General

Prison population data

Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)	1,830 at April 2023 (national prison administration, via OSCE)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)	99 based on an estimated national population of 1.84 million at April 2023 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)	35.6% (April 2023)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)	2.7% (31.12.2018)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population)	2.8% (31.12.2018 - minors)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)	5.7% (August 2016)
Number of establishments / institutions	11 (2020)
Official capacity of prison system	2,800 (2019)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)	97.1% (2019)

Prison population trend

Year	Prison population total	Prison population rate
2000	227	11
2002	965	49
2004	1,189	58
2006	1,252	59
2009	1,325	61
2011	1,441	81
2013	1,776	98
2015	1,478	84
2017	1,709	95
2019	1,806	101

Prison population total

Prison population rate

Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
Female prison population: trend

Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

KOSOVO/KOSOVA

Year	Number in pre-trial/remand imprisonment	Percentage of total prison population	Pre-trial/remand population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
2001 2004 2010 2015 2020	374 459 489 367 381	71.8% 38.6% 36.7% 24.8% 27.3%	19 23 24 21 22
2023	652	35.6%	35

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

KOSOVO/KOSOVA

Year	Number of female prisoners	Percentage of total prison population	Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
2003 2007 2010 2015	25 34 35 42	2.1% 2.7% 2.6% 2.8%	1.2 1.6 1.7 2.4
2018	43	2.7%	2.4

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).