Country

Romania

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Law no. 254/2013 on the execution of punishments and measures with deprivation of liberty ordered by judicial bodies during the criminal trial (Legea nr.254/2013 privind executarea pedepselor și măsurilor privative de libertate dispuse de organele judiciare în cursul procesului penal)The National Administration of Penitentiaries (Administrația Națională a Penitenciarelor) decides the allocation of convicts to prisons, based on the proximity to their home, considering also the detention regime, the necessary security measures to be taken, the identified social reintegration needs, sex and age.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2021Some of the detainees were serving their sentence in prisons located at great distance from their domicile (for example in Slobozia Prison), and, because of this, were very rarely visited by their families’ members. Report details