Surprise inspection in the 41-bis cells of Peqin prison, items from cutting tools to chairs and pots are removed

In prison, not only items that constitute a violation of the law are prohibited, but also those that can amount to luxury and which, according to the penitentiary system regulations, are assessed as excessive.

With this philosophy, the General Directorate of Prisons has launched an operation to remove items considered unnecessary for a prisoner or detainee.

The operation, as Top Channel journalist Anila Hoxha learned exclusively, was carried out in recent hours at the high-security prison in Peqin and in the 41-bis regime, where all cells were inspected by operational forces.

At the end of several hours of surprise inspection, plastic and wooden chairs were removed from there, several types of pots whose material can be converted into knives, penknives used for peeling fruit and vegetables, produced from brooms, and other materials.

According to a plan launched in April, the General Directorate of Prisons, which is carrying out operations to uncover phones and doses of drugs in prisons, is attempting to allow in cells only personal items, only for personal consumption.

Earlier, at the high-security prison in Peqin and in several other prisons, such as Durrës and Drenova, telephone devices were discovered, which have been sent for examination to SPAK laboratories.

Meanwhile, while the phones were discovered in shared premises, investigations are being conducted against specific persons suspected of bringing prohibited items into prison.