EUKOJUST Expert on Access to Justice, Alina Matache and EUKOJUST Legal Advisor Nita Bejta organized an Info Session on Access to Justice for female inmates at the Female Correctional Centre on 6 of July, in partnership with the Kosovo Free Legal Aid Agency and the Ombudsperson Institution. The goal was to inform the female inmates about their rights, access to free legal aid, the process of conditional release, the different referral mechanism and complaint mechanisms and possibilities for rehabilitation and reintegration post release.
The Head of Free Legal Aid Agency, Anita Alaj Kalanderi and Flutura Berbati Zena, Head of the Department for Legal Services introduced the Agency’s services to the female inmates and discussed challenges and solutions into obtaining free legal aid in prisons. Fidane Zekaj, Legal Adviser at the National Preventive Mechanism at the Ombudsperson Institution discussed the support of the Ombudsperson to the inmates whenever they face challenges while in prison.
