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All allegations and suspicions of ill-treatment inflicted on prisoners are logged

no

  • A person incarcerated at Aiud Prison spoke out against the violence, sexual assault and rape endured in other facilities. He requested a conditional release on these grounds and for health reasons. The court refused his request due to disciplinary offences committed at Aiud.

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    2024
    / alba24.ro

Total official capacity of the prison facilities

19,147

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31/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 16.

  • Aiud Prison has begun modernising four of its districts. The work is estimated at a cost of 140,000 lei (30,000 euros) excluding VAT. The work will include improvements to 134 two-person cells and 46 individual cells as well as electrical, thermal and sanitary renovations. The goal is to adapt the installations to current standards to guarantee that incarcerated people’s rights are respected.

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    19/06/2024
    / alba24.ro

Prisoners have the right to vote

yes

  • Of the 685 people incarcerated at Aiud Prison, 635 can vote in European elections. 556 expressed their intention to participate. Five will also participate in local elections using a mobile ballot box.

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    07/06/2024
    / alba24.ro

There are chaplains in the prisons

depending on the type of worship rite

Orthodox priests officiate in most of the facilities. They usually allow other chaplains to use the chapel or their chaplaincy.
The prison service does not guarantee the availability of r from other faiths.

  • The prison chaplains of Transylvania gathered at Aiud Prison. They prayed for incarcerated people and the employees of the prison service. Religious leaders and social workers presented the “TABOR” programme, which aims to provide moral support for incarcerated persons nearing release and help them with social reintegration.

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    28/05/2024
    / alba24.ro

The gross wages of prison officers in January 2020 were between 4,733 and 8,773 lei (1,133 and to 2,101 USD) 1. Prison guards enjoy a number of benefits. The prison service provides financial support to officers for the construction of their first home. An allowance for rent (up to 50% of salary) and moving expenses may be granted. Medical and paramedical care is offered and can be provided abroad if not available in Romania. There is a 2-year maternity leave, extendable to three years in the case of a disabled child. Vouchers for restaurants and spas can be provided. Some of these benefits are retained after retirement and may also be used by close family members2.

  1. Prison Service, Gross Salary Sheets, January 2020 (in Romanian). ↩

  2. Law no. 145 of 22 July 2019, on the status of prison officers (in Romanian). ↩

  • In 2024, surveillance staff must receive a 70% raise for additional work. This increase will apply to overtime work that cannot be compensated by paid time off in the 60 days following the work. The order by the Minister of Justice, published on 23 April, specifies that this measure is in addition to the salary for extra work approved in writing by supervisors.

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    24/04/2024
    / alba24.ro

  • The surveillance personnel at the Aiud high-security prison stopped working and demonstrated in front of the facility on 4 April 2024. They protested the overtime work required to offset staff shortages, and they called for the full application of the salary law for the defence, public security and national security sector. They also demanded that vacancies be unfrozen and that legal rights be updated for judicial personnel.

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    04/04/2024
    / alba24.ro

Their income is subject to social contributions

no

Companies hiring prisoners are exempt from making social contributions for these contracts.

  • The Aiud correctional facility has established reintegration programmes focused on developing professional skills. Incarcerated individuals actively request to participate, and the facility sets up service contracts with companies ready to employ them. Participating companies benefit from economic advantages such as exemption from paying social contributions and the absence of costs associated with vacation leave.

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    02/04/2024
    / alba24.ro