2015 | Special report - One of the problems of the prison system is overcrowding. As a consequence detainees suffer from the reduced personal space, low hygiene standards, reduced monitoring efficiency by prison staff, reducing the time allocated to outdoor movement, the difficulty of medical care, insufficient educational activities, increasing the acts of violence and, in particular, the risks of
suicide and self-harm. | Report details |
2021 | In many of the visited prisons, we have found overcrowding of detention sections/rooms (occupancy levels varying between 130%-160%.
Prisons conditions were not adequate (lack of furniture needed for personal belongings, poor
hygiene, presence of bugs etc). | Report details |
2022 | Overcrowding – in Vaslui Prison there were detention sections in which the overcrowding was
obvious: E6 – 196,43%, E3 – 187,93% and E1 173,68%, a situation which can be the source of serious problems as regards the treatment, health, security and rehabilitation.
Accommodation conditions were not adequate (thermal discomfort, old and broken steel beds,
insufficient storage spaces. | Report details |
2023 | Accommodation conditions were not adequate: overcrowding – 128% of legal capacity at Focșani Prison, where it was also found […] broken room equipment and mattresses, water leaks in bathrooms, rooms had no furniture, the detainees had to eat in bed; at Ploiești and Mărgineni Prisons overcrowding in some of the detention rooms/sections, used/old equipment and furniture, 3-tier bunk-beds, insufficient storage furniture for personal belongings of detainees, […] unpainted walls, used floors […]. | Report details |