Romania

Capital city — Bucharest

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
120
i
10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
19,414,458
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2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Semi-presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.816
(49/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.5
i
2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
22,886
i
31/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
23.4
i
2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 120.
Prison density
125 %
i
26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
45
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2015
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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30/09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.2 %
i
26/10/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
12.5 %
i
30/09/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989
Romania abolished…

Contributor(s)APADOR-CH / independents experts

APADOR-CH - Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania – Helsinki Committee (Asociația Pentru Apărarea Drepturilor Omului în România – Comitetul Helsinki)
ANP - National Prison Service (Administraţia Naţională a Penitenciarelor)
ECHR - European Court of Human Rights
CPT- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
LGBTI - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex
NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
WHO - World Health Organization
SPT - Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment