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Moreover, according to the statistics on the European prisons – SPACE I (Statistiques
Pénales Annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe)1, - Romania Romania is at the upper limit in
terms of condemned detainees conditional released. Thus, in 2013, 14,211 detaniees were
released from the prisons, from which 10,112 (namely 78.80%) detainees were released
in some form of conditional release. As can be seen, the percentage of persons
conditional released is extremely high, especially in relation to the European average,
which, at the percentage level, was only 29.80%.
Also, from the analysis of the statistical data communicated by the National
Administration of the Penitentiaries, starting with the date of entering into force of the new
Criminal Code (01.02.2014) until 05.06.2016, the percentage of the persons released on
probation was the following:
2014 = 69.21% [namely 10,937 detainees released on term from a total of 15,804 detainees released from the
penitenciary in 2014]
2015 = 70.91% [namely 10,278 detainees released on term from a total of 14,494 detainees released from the
penitenciary in 2015]
2016 = 69.75% [namely 6,194 detainees released on term from a total of 8,881 detainees released from the
penitenciary in 2016 – until 05.06.2016].
Statistical data on the number of released persons provided by the National Penitentiary Administration:
Other reasons:
(acquittal, annulment of the execution warrants,
judicial control, deceased, extradition, ceasing
Released Conditional
Rleased
Year
the criminal proceedings, liberated on the basis
in total
released
on term
of the court decision on immediate release,
conditional suspension serving the sentence,
suspended sentence with supervision)
2014
15,804
10,937
967
3,900
2015
14,494
10,278
890
3,326
05.09.2016
8,881
6,194
650
1,967
According with the new penal legislation introduced in 2014, the probation system
manages ten freedom non-custodial sanctions (postponement of penalty
enforcement, suspended sentence with supervision, conditional release,
replacement of the obligation to pay a fine by the obligation to perform community
service, and concerning minors, civic traineeship, supervision, curfew on weekend,
assistance on a daily basis, realeasment from an educational or detention center
and replacement of the internment in an educational or detention center by the
educational measure of daily assistance) instead of 2 (suspended sentence with
supervision and concerning minors, supervised liberty, before 2014). This reflects
the measures taken already by Romania to sustainable develop and use noncustodial sanctions.
The decrease of the number of inmates generated an increase of the number
of persons under the supervision of the probation services which reflects that,
on one hand, due to the above criminal legislative reform from 2014, the courts
have more options in what concerns penalty execution and, on the other hand,
that the system of non-custodial alternative measures is functioning in Romania.
A. Resources
Para. 43 - Supplementary investments in resources
At police level
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Councilof Europe Annual Penal Statistics SPACE I – Prison Populations Survey 2014, a se vedea Tabelul 9: Fluxul
liberărilor din unitățile penitenciare în 2013, pp. 105-106
http://wp.unil.ch/space/files/2016/05/SPACE-I-2014-Report_final.1.pdf
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