Prisons in Albania are divided into three levels: closed, semi-open, and open.
Most Albanian prisons have separate blocks (wings) for women and children (juveniles), while others keep women and children together.
The country has 22 prisons, 1 prison hospital, and 1 juvenile institute, which have a total capacity of 6,284 inmates.
IEVP stands for "Institute of Executing Penal Decisions" (Albanian: Institucioni i Ekzekutimit të Vendimeve Penale) 2.
IM stands for "Institute of Juveniles" (Albanian: Instituti i të Miturve)