Romania
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Justice
Romania
Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, says Romania, which currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, must make further efforts to fully reach European standards on the rule of law. Mr Juncker’s comments were directed at the political wrangling in Romania over the…
Source — Eureporter
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Camera intimă
Portfolio
Women
Europe
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Social ties
Romania
Conjugal visits are allowed for prisoners and take place in private rooms, located inside the prison compound. Cosmin Bumbut photographed those places, when they were empty.
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Justice
Overcrowding
Romania
The inmates in Romania who are serving time in improper conditions may have their sentences reduced by 20%. The Chamber of Deputies adopted on Tuesday, May 9, the project that provides that, for every 30 days spent in improper conditions, an inmate would have his sentence reduced by six days.
Source — Romania Insider
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Facilities
Overcrowding
Romania
Marius Vulpe, the director of National Penitentiaries Administration (ANP), said Romania would need to build 8 modern prisons to solve the issue of prison overcrowding, News.ro reported. The new facilities could accommodate 8,000 to 8,500 inmates and would cost EUR 140 million each, resulting in to…
Source — Romania Insider
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Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Romania
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
Source — Euractiv
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Europe
Overcrowding
Romania
Move to free thousands of criminals could hinder fight against corruption and undermine rule of law, officials warn
Source — The Guardian
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Overcrowding
Romania
Romanian minister of justice Raluca Pruna wants to simplify the way prisoners can be released on parole, to solve the problem of prison overcrowding.
Thus, thousands of prisoners could get out of jail earlier. However, they will still have to meet some criteria, the minister said at local TV statio…
Source — Romania Insider
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Material conditions
Protest
Romania
Detainees in three Romanian prisons have protested against conditions, setting light to clothes and refusing food.
The protest began in the high-security prison of Iasi this week where prison authorities said inmates set light to a cell. The protest spread to two other prisons.
Source — The New York Times
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Overcrowding
Romania
Romania will have to pay close to EUR 100,000 compensations to 18 convicted inmates who have served prison sentences or are currently incarcerated because of the poor detention conditions in local prisons, following a decision by the European Court of Human Rights – ECHR in Strasbourg.
Source — Romania Insider
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