CAT/OP/ROU/1/Add.1 the People's Advocate Institution the information provided by the Public Ministry regarding the criminal prosecution actions carried out in the files dealing with the complaints of the persons deprived of their liberty in Iaşi Penitentiary and Botoşani Penitentiary. Thus, the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iasi Court received a number of 71 information notes regarding medical examinations done by the medical office of the detention facility to persons deprived of their liberty, who invoked acts of aggression from other persons deprived of their liberty or from the staff of the National Administration of Penitentiaries. Analysing this information, the prosecutors within the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iasi Court drafted 7 ex officio referral reports, finding indications regarding the commission of the offense of abusive conduct provided by Art. 296 Criminal Code in 22 cases. These cases were taken over by the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iaşi Court of Appeal, according to Order No. 214/2015 of the Prosecutor General of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Between 10.08.2016-26.08.2016, were registered at the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iaşi Court of Appeal the notifications made by Iasi Penitentiary, under the provisions of Art. 72 par. 3 of Law No. 254/2013, on the medical examination of 25 detainees who claimed to have been assaulted by members of the intervention teams. Also, were registered at the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iaşi Court of Appeal the complaints made by the 14 detainees from Iasi Penitentiary, who claimed to have been physically and verbally assaulted by the members of the penitentiary’s intervention groups. Taking into account that the complaints were related to the action of the intervention troops in Iasi Penitentiary, in order to improve the justice process, the cases were brought together. Thus, by the ordinance dated 19.09.2016, 42 criminal cases were merged by the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Court of Appeal Iaşi, under No. 509/P/2016. The criminal investigation was started on 19.07.2016, in criminal file No. 3761/P/2016 of the Prosecutor's Office attached to Botosani Court, forwarded and registered at the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iasi Court under No. 10147/P/2016, taken over and registered with the Prosecutor's Office attached to Iaşi Court of Appeal under No. 511/P/2016 and subsequently merged with file No. 509/P/2016, concerning the offense of abusive conduct provided by Art. 269 par. 1 and 2 of the Criminal Code. During the criminal prosecution, information was requested from the institutions concerned on the manifestations of the detainees and on the interventions of the law enforcement bodies. Data and information on medical consultations and forensic findings in custody were also requested. According to the information received, by the ordinance of 18.10.2016, was ordered to decline de competence, considering the capacity of the person, to the Iasi Military Prosecutor's Office. 51