Romania

Capital city — Bucharest

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
125.3
i
31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 3.
Country population
19,064,409
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2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 3.
Type of government
Semi-presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.845
(55/193)
i
2023
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.11
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2023
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
23,879
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 3.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
25.5
i
2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 31.
Prison density
116.3 %
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
45
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2015
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.5 %
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 7a
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.9 %
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 7a.
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
12.7 %
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31/01/2024
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2024, table 8.
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989
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