The information received shows that in all detention institutions there take place acts of violence,
even in situations where children are transferred to the hospital-type Penitentiary, where the
juvenile is supposed to receive specific treatment and care. The People's Advocate for
Children’s Rights repeatedly urges the relevant authorities to take effective measures to prevent
such violence and to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
Another issue reported is the provision of the right to education of children in detention
institutions. During the reported period, there were made visits to all detention institutions where
minors are detained and the department ensuring the right to education of children in conflict with
the law was analyzed.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the General Comment no. 10 (2007) of
the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child190 stipulates the obligation of the State to ensure the
continuity of the child's educational process regardless of the stage of the process in which he / she
is and regardless of the form of custody in which he / she was placed.
Although the Children’s Ombudsman notes that in Penitentiary no. 10 from Goian there are
technical conditions for teaching classes, and the teaching staff is seconded from the PI Theoretical
High School "Nicolae Balcescu", children do not show interest in the educational system and desire
to attend classes. There is also a library in the detention facility, however the room is used for
watching TV or for various group activities.
A particularly serious situation is the observance of the right to education of prevented
children. In this order of ideas we mention the fact that the national penitentiary system does not
ensure the continuity of the educational process and does not fully ensure the right of the child to
education in the national penitentiary system.
Another ongoing problem of the penitentiary system analyzed by the People's Advocate for
Children’s Rights is the provision of medical and psychological assistance to minors who are in
detention institutions. Children invoke several irregularities in this regard:
Medical employees and psychologists are not receptive to their requirements;
Insufficient number of psychologists, which leads to the impossibility of providing
psychological counseling every time the child needs it;
Lack of space for psychological counseling;
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