CAT/OP/ROU/1/Add.1 The leadership of the unit held talks with the protesters in their rooms, the atmosphere calmed down a little, and the evening appeal could be made, with the exception of three rooms where the inmates barricaded the doors. The prison staff did not enter by force, talks were held, and at 22.00 PM the inmates opened the doors of the barricaded rooms as well. On 12.07.2016, starting at 09.15, inmates began to chant slogans in some rooms about the inadequate accommodation conditions. When they were taken out in the courtyard, a number of 17-18 inmates climbed on the roof neighbouring the courtyard, and in the 9 th and 5th sections, the inmates removed the outer nets of the windows. A bed mattress in a room on the 9th section was set on fire. There were 3 inmates in the room who took a mattress, put it in the window of the room and set it on fire. The prison staff intervened immediately, the fire was extinguished, and the persons in the room were evacuated to ventilate the room. Discussions were held with the director of Iaşi Penitentiary, the rooms where the incidents occurred were verified and were held talks with the protesters and other persons deprived of their liberty. While we were visiting the rooms, the inmates calmed down, presented their complaints and discussed the problems they face daily. Seven people deprived of their liberty have descended from the roof, discussed with representatives of the People's Advocate Institution, and were sent to the medical office to monitor their state of health. Throughout the visit, the inmates from all the sections of the penitentiary chanted against the Director of Iasi Penitentiary, demanding his resignation, cried out that they could not stand the conditions in the penitentiary, swore the staff, knocked the outside nets of the windows with their feet, throwing various objects (pieces of glass) from the windows which were without outside nets. After the talks with the protesters ended, the representatives of the People's Advocate Institution visited a number of 10 rooms in sections 3, 5 and 9, where the inmates were accommodated. For example, in room E 5.8, with a surface of about 35 square meters, were accommodated 26 people deprived of their liberty, who showed their vehement dissatisfaction with overcrowding, the presence of insects, although pest control was being done weekly, improper food quality, lack of natural light in the room, high food prices in the prison store. Most of the rooms visited by the People's Advocate institution’s team (E.5.9, E.5.10, E.5.12, E.3.5, E.3.15 etc.) had a surface of about 35 square meters, accommodating 26 or 24 detainees which had about 1.3 to 1.4 square meters as a personal space calculated with the bathroom included. The residents complained of overcrowding, lack of ventilation, inappropriate food, lack of medical assistance, and too short TV program. All those with whom we spoke declared themselves in 45