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Country ROMANIA
Ministry responsible Ministry of Justice (Ministerul Justitiei)
Prison administration National Administration of Penitentiaries (Administratia Nationala a Penitenciarelor)
Contact address Str. Maria Ghiculeasa No. 47, RO-72228 Bucharest sector 2, Romania
Telephone/fax/website tel: +40 21 242 0593
fax: +40 21 242 6078
Web: www.anp-just.ro
Head of prison administration
(and title)
Marian Dobrica
Director General
Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
33,062
at 23.4.2013 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population)
155
based on an estimated national population of 21.28 million at April 2013 (from Eurostat figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
10.6%
(31.3.2013)
Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
4.5%
(31.3.2013)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population)
1.5%
(23.4.2013 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population)
0.5%
(31.3.2013)
Number of establishments /
institutions
45
(2013)
Official capacity of prison system 27,715
(23.4.2013 - legal capacity)
Occupancy level (based on official
capacity)
119.3%
(23.4.2013)
Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
1992 44,011 (193)
1995 45,309 (200)
1998 52,149 (232)
2001 49,840 (228)
2004 39,031 (180)
2007 29,390 (137)
2010 28,244 (132)

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