Denmark just negotiated an arrangement with Kosovo to send their inmates there and pay them a large sum in exchange for hosting them.

Food and electronics trade deals are normal, but Denmark and Kosovo have struck a one-of-a-kind agreement to import and export convicts.

According to international media reports, Denmark will send 300 inmates to Kosovo and pay the government $1.58 million a year to keep them. Denmark has reached an odd deal with Kosovo in order to relieve some of the pressure on their prisons.

“We were scheduled to be short by upwards of 1,000 spaces in Kriminalforsorgen in 2025,” stated Justice Minister Nick Haekkerup, “and I’m glad to say that the agreement will meet that challenge.”

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Radikale, which was booted out of the talks, expressed worry about the transfer of inmates to other countries.

“Kosovo’s jail system is criticised for corruption, violence between prisoners, and poorly-educated employees,” said Radikale’s judicial affairs spokesperson Samira Nawa.

She went on to say that Norway used to have a contentious deal with the Netherlands on the rental of jail space. When Denmark refuses to take responsibility for its own detainees, they are on a dangerous slope.

According to the deal, a new prison for gang members would be built, there would be less usage of punishment cells, and offenders would have more opportunity to communicate with their children.