Romania

Capital city — Bucharest

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
126
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04/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Country population
19,051,562
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2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Type of government
Semi-presidential Republic
Human Development Index
0.821
(53/191)
i
2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.46
i
2020
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
24,106
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04/06/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
25.9
i
2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
120.3 %
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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.
Total number of prison facilities
45
i
2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2015
Female prisoners
4.4 %
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31/01/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.9 %
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31/10/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
12.1 %
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31/12/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 8.
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989
Romania abolished…

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