The deal, which was originally signed in 2021, only became a treaty earlier this year when it was approved by Kosovo's parliament.
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00:00Denmark's justice minister has visited a prison in Kosovo, where his country intends to send
00:07up to 300 inmates to ease overcrowding in the Danish prison system. Speaking alongside
00:13his Kosovan counterpart Albelina Hadjio, Peter Hummelgaard praised what he called the fruitful
00:18cooperation between the two countries.
00:22Now we have come to Kosovo in a need of help in use of excess capacity in the Kosovarian
00:30prison and detention facilities and that is a very big help for Denmark in a time where
00:37we have a very, very pressured prison and probation services in Denmark. This visit
00:45here marks the practical implementation of the project and there is no doubt that we
00:52would have liked to have seen that started earlier, but nevertheless we are happy that
00:58we are at this phase now. The deal, which was originally signed in 2021, only became
01:04a treaty earlier this year when it was approved by Kosovo's parliament. It will see Pristina
01:10lease 300 cells in the G-Land prison to Copenhagen, which will be responsible for modernization
01:15work to bring the facility in line with Danish standards. The deal is worth 15 million euros
01:21per year to Kosovo, but the decision to move inmates to the Kosovo prison has raised concerns
01:28among human rights groups.