National Administration of Penitentiaries
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National Administration of Penitentiaries
National Administration of Penitentiaries National Administration of Penitentiaries „There's no freedom nor safety for anyone when there's no vigor of a law nor authority of its defenders.” William Shakespeare The prison system is a public service that plays a special social part by being a guarantor for the maintenance of a social equilibrium, by shaping inmates’ correct attitude towards social values, rule of law and social coexistence rules. The new Penal and Penal Procedure Codes came into force in 2014 – year which was also st marked, starting with February the 1 , by the enforcement of Law no. 254/2013 on enforcing prison sentences and measures issued by the judicial bodies during the criminal trial, with its subsequent amendments and completions. The National Administration of Penitentiaries, as a state institution actively involved into prison law enforcement, issued measures for implementing both the new penal execution provisions and the tools for the social re-entry of inmates and of those sanctioned with the educational measure of being sent to an educational or detention centre. Implementing the new legislation required significant changes, which entailed the reorganization of the prisons for minors and juveniles and of the re-education centres and the establishment of educational centres and detention centres, with all the necessary structural and organizational modifications. 1 Activity report - 2014 2 National Administration of Penitentiaries 1. 2014 Prison profiling: 1 female prison and 6 female wings in other prisons; 3 detention centres; 2 educational centres; 16 semi-open and open prisons; 16 closed and high security prisons; 6 prison hospitals. There are special pre-trial detention wings in 23 units. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. NORTH EAST – Iași (coordinating unit), Bacău, Botoșani, Târgu Ocna Educational Centre, Focșani , Târgu Ocna Prison Hospital, Târgu Ocna National Training School for Junior Prison Officers, Vaslui; SOUTH EAST – Poarta Albă (coordinating unit), Brăila, Tichilești Detention Centre, Galați, Poarta Albă Prison Hospital, Slobozia, Tulcea; SOUTH MUNTENIA – Mărgineni (coordinating unit), Colibași, Găești, Târgșor Female Prison, Colibași Prison Hospital, Ploiești; SOUTH WEST OLTENIA – Craiova (coordinating unit), Craiova Detention Centre, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Pelendava, Târgu Jiu; WEST – Timișoara (coordinating unit), Arad, Bircea Mare, Buziaș Educational Centre; NORTH WEST – Gherla (coordinating unit), Baia Mare, Bistrița, Oradea, Dej Prison Hospital, Satu Mare; CENTRE – Aiud (coordinating unit), Codlea, Târgu Mureș Detention Centre, Miercurea Ciuc; BUCHAREST ILFOV – Bucharest Rahova (coordinating unit), Bucharest Jilava, Giurgiu, Jilava Prison Hospital, Rahova Prison Hospital, Logistics Unit. 3 Activity report - 2014 Structure of prison population according to prison regimes on 31.12.2014 Pre-trial detainnes 2525 Quarantine and observation 575 Persons sanctioned with the educational measure of being send to a detention centre 601 High security regime 2214 Persons sanctioned with the educational measure of being sent to an educational centre 148 Semi-open regime 11522 Open regime 3655 Closed regime 8916 4 % 0.62 4,430 16.5 22,145 82.89 163 0.61 4,630 16.39 23,435 82.97 179 0.64 30,694 3,313 10.79 27,213 88.66 168 0.55 2012 31,817 3,179 9.99 28,473 89.49 165 0.52 2013 33,434 3,447 10.31 29,987 89.17 175 0.52 2014 30,156 2,514 8.34 26,893 89.18 2009 26,716 2010 28,244 2011 % Acco,,odated in re-education centres 163 Accommoted in educational centres % 87.51 26,212 % Inmates with a final sentece 22,937 2008 Accommoted in detention centres % 11.87 Total population 31.12 3,112 Year Pre-trial detainees and first instance convicts Distributing total population according to the juridical situation 2008-2014 601 1.99 148 0.49 National Administration of Penitentiaries Prison population on 31.12.2014 – 30,156, out of whom - 26,893 inmates with a final sentence (89.18%); - 2,514 pre-trial detainees and first instance convicts (8.34%); - 601 persons accommodated in detention centres (1.99%); - 148 persons accommodated in educational centres (0.49%). Prison population on 31.12.2014 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 26893 2514 Inmates with a final sentence Pre-trial detainees and first instance convicts 35000 601 148 Persons accommodated in detention centres Persons accommodated in educational centres 30694 31817 29390 26212 26716 30000 33434 28244 30156 25000 20000 43% stands for the rate of re-offenders, as compared to the total prison population, showing a decrease as compared to the previous years: 2009 – 44.82%, 2010 – 44.93%, 2011 – 45.87%, 2012 – 45.78%, 2013 – 45.78%. 15000 10000 5000 0 Yearly dinamics 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 5 Activity report - 2014 Monthly dinamics 33243 33009 32884 33302 33259 33289 31957 33302 33122 33058 33279 33419 33434 32730 32418 32279 32170 32328 31930 31637 31195 30859 2014 30538 30156 2013 Structure of the prison population, according to main offences Organized crime Corruption offences, offences, 309 444 Electronic code offences, 48 Offences against the state, 2 Trafic code offences, 1098 Drug traffic and use offences, 1473 Other offences, 2473 Sexual offences, 2060 6 Offences against the person, 7756 Offences against the patrimony, 14493 The structure of the prison population according to main offences shows the predominance of the offences against the state patrimony (14,493 - 48.06%), that is of the offences against the person (9,816 - 32.55%). National Administration of Penitentiaries Structure of inmates with a final sentence according to prison sentence length More than 15 years, 2593 Live sentence, 161 Up to 1 year, 450 1-5 years, 14363 5-15 years, 10075 Structure of prison population according to age 12000 9987 10000 9693 33.12% 8000 8249 32.14% 27.35% 6000 4000 1263 2000 316 0 1.05% 4.19% 2.15% 648 14-18 years 18-21 years 22-30 years 31-40 years 41-60 years Over 60 years 7 Turkey, 35 Moldovia, 26 Activity report - 2014 40 In 2014 there were 253 foreign citizens in the units subordinated to the NAP, with a predominance of Turks (46), Moldavians (29), Italians (18) and Bulgarians (13). Italy, 18 Bulgaria, 13 Hungary, 11 Germany, 9 Syria, 9 Iran, 8 Vietnam, 8 Egypt, 7 France, 7 Serbia, 7 Albania, 6 Israel, 6 China, 5 Jordan, 5 Pakistan, 5 Ukraine, 5 Apatrid, 4 Iraq, 4 Lebanon, 4 Great Britain, 3 Slovakia, 3 Belgium, 2 Georgia, 2 Nigeria, 2 Spain, 2 USA, 2 Algeria, 1 Australia , 1 Denmark, 1 the Switzerland, 1 Greece, 1 Luxembourg, 1 Morocco, 1 Niger, 1 Norway, 1 Palestine, 1 Poland, 1 Sierra Leone, 1 Sweden, 1 Thailanda, 1 Tunisia, 1 Venezuela, 1 30 Foreign citizens 20 10 0 0 5 12000 10 15 20 10229 10362 8420 25 11084 9212 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Conditional release statistics 2010 8 2011 2012 2013 2014 30 35 40 45 21,924 inmates were assessed by the conditional release commission; 11,084 prisoners were released on parole; 308 persons released before the expiration time of the educational measure (persons in the detention and educational centres). National Administration of Penitentiaries 60.00% Comparative chart on the decisions issued by the conditional release commissions 2010 2011 2012 2013 55.00% 2014 50.00% 2014 2013 45.00% 2010 2011 2012 40.00% 35.00% 30.00% Postponed for a further evaluation 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Postponed for a further evaluation 40.22% 41.56% 41.06% 44.74% 49.45% Proposed for conditional release Proposed for conditional release 59.78% 58.44% 58.94% 55.26% 50.55% 9 National Administration of Penitentiaries st Until December 31 , 2014, in the NAP records there were 718 released people due to prison sentence interruption, with st an increase, as compared to 2 December 31 , 2013 when there were 659 recorded cases. 59 people were released only in 2014 by having their prison sentence interrupted, with a significant drop of their number, as compared to the previous year – 75 people. In 2014, out of all the persons with prison sentence interruption: - 20 people returned to prison within the deadline set by the Court of Justice in order to continue their prison sentence; - 41 were arrested again; - 3 died; - 3 cases of sentence prescription; - 15 did not come back to prison within the deadline and, as a result, the police was requested to arrest them again. 65 70 60 62 52 48 43 50 45 2010 40 30 20 2011 27 13 16 12 11 2012 17 8 10 7 2013 2 2014 0 Medical Pregnancy (child care) Social As a result of Law no. 374 dated 19 December 2013 on using radio-communication jamming and disruption systems within the units subordinated to the NPA, the National Administration of Penitentiaries is entitled to acquire radio-communication jamming and disruption services for the prison units. Currently, the technical advice contract for preparing the documentation for the award of the service contract for radio-communication jamming and disruption is about to be concluded. Steps were initiated with a view to implementing a videoconference hearing system to resolve civil and criminal cases, as well as inmates’ complaints/appeals. So far in this programme it has been decided to implement the videoconference hearing system at the National Administration of Penitentiaries and in the following prisons Bucharest Jilava, Bucharest Rahova, Brăila, Tichilesti Detention Centre, Colibasi, Focşani, Galaţi, Găeşti, Giurgiu, Mărgineni, Ploieşti, Poarta Albă, Slobozia, Târgşor and Tulcea. There have National Administration of Penitentiaries been undertakings addressed to the Special Telecommunications Service for making a dedicated server available to the Romanian prison system, which will allow for inmates’ videoconference hearings in the above-mentioned units in a short time. It must be underlined that the endowment and rehabilitation of the videoconference hearing areas were finished at Bucharest Jilava Prison, Bucharest Rahova Prison, Giurgiu Prison, Ploiești Prison, Slobozia Prison and Târgșor Prison. The acquisition of a videoconference server and the rehabilitation of the videoconference hearing areas in Brăila, Colibași, Focșani, Galați, Găești, Mărgineni and Poarta Albă prisons are scheduled in the first part of 2015 and, by the end of the year, video-conferencing will be operational in all the units subordinated to the National Administration of Penitentiaries. The Integrated Tagging System was successfully implemented at Vaslui Prison, the reception taking place in December 2014. 687 participants were included in training programmes on improving incidents management through the development of professional skills in 2014. The training module III aimed at acquiring procedures for solving out operational and critical incidents and it was about training prison staff members having a role within the incident teams, namely: incident commanders and deputy commanders, negotiators, communication and connection officers, incident and team psychologists, intervention structure members and the staff liable for managing emergency situations. The training and refresher programmes carried out throughout 2014 aimed at improving the six levels of incidents management, namely the incident room, the command room, intervention, negotiation, video operators, and emergency situations management by developing professional competences and further improving specific skills for managing incidents involving inmates: a) command - 128 people (112 senior officers and 16 junior officers); b) negotiation - 98 persons (40 senior officers and 58 junior officers); c) intervention - 319 people (19 senior officers and 300 junior officers); d) video operators - 70 junior officers; e) emergency situation management - 24 persons (10 senior officers and 14 junior officers). Between October 6th – 10th 2014, the National Administration of Penitentiaries organized, in collaboration with Carol I National Defence University - Centre of Simulation Based Training, a simulation exercise called "AVALANCHE 2014". The exercise objective was to train specialized staff members in the following fields: 1. negotiation plan (real plan); 2. the plan of incident, command and negotiation rooms and of the intervention squad (solving a fictional incident with information resulting from the negotiation plan); 3. the plan of the unit where the incident took place. Taking into consideration that the aim of Centre of Simulation Based Training is to increase the degree of inter-operability of the Romanian military units with NATO's military operational structures, the exercises focused on developing the training level of the staff who will participate in managing operational and critical incidents involving inmates, while using simulation of situations that may be encountered in real life. 48 junior and senior officers of the National Administration of Penitentiaries and of Bucharest Rahova Prison, Bucharest Jilava Prison, Târgşor Prison and Jilava Prison Hospital participated in the exercise. 11 Activity report - 2014 Incidents 2014 escapes escaping attempts leaving RC/DC/EC abandonments leaving attempts Escapes, abandonments, getaways from RC/DC/ED (including attempts) 2009-2014 10 8 8 7 7 6 4 4 3 3 2 1 escapes; 1 escaping attempts; 8 instances of leaving the workplace; 1 getaway from a detention centre. 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2009 (total 12) 2010 (total 18) 2011 (total 11) 2012 (total 10) 2013 (total 18) 2014 (total 11) Cases of discovering forbidden substances 2014 202 200 150 154 130 122 120 127 100 2009 2010 2011 Number of discoveries 12 2012 2013 Linear (Number of discoveries) 2014 127 cases of discovering forbidden substances (58 – powder substances, 64 – solid substances and 5 – liquid substances); 56 before inmates got into their possession; 71 after inmates got into their possesion. National Administration of Penitentiaries Cases of discovering mobile phones 12000 11110 9967 10000 10505 9938 9459 8000 6549 6000 2009 2010 2011 Number of discoveries 2012 2013 2014 Linear (Number of discoveries) Discovering mobile phones 8493 8246 8500 9239 7250 7500 6697 6500 5500 4822 4500 3500 2688 2762 1721 2500 2012 1500 2009 2010 2011 After inmates got into their possession 2012 1871 2013 1727 2014 Before inmates got into their possession 13 Activity report - 2014 The Study on the Prevalence of Aggressive Behaviours among Prisoners was continued in order to reveal the Causes Disrupting the Usual Coexistence Climate. The conclusions of the study represent the basis for making recommendations on reducing risk factors and for providing a real image of the prison violence phenomenon. The comparative analysis of the period 2010-2014 was completed and the Strategy for Reducing Aggressive Behaviours was elaborated and implemented in accordance with the activities scheduled for 2014, as the first strategy implementation year. Aggressive behaviours 1800 1600 1400 1339 1562 1459 1339 1227 Clashes/aggressions 1200 Suicides 1000 Aggressions against the staff 800 600 400 200 10 28 21 13 10 18 18 31 10 46 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Disciplinary sanctions enforced upon the persons in the re-education/ educational/detention centres between 2010-2014* 2014 2012 2010 0 Number of disciplinary sanctions 100 200 300 400 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 285 190 222 315 315 * Law no. 254/2013 came into force on February 1st, 2014 and, as a result, the re-education centres were re-organized and turned into educational centres, while the prisons for minors and young people were changed into detention centres. 14 National Administration of Penitentiaries Disciplinary sanctions for juveniles in the educational and detention centres in 2014 300 200 209 83 100 0 2 Warming 21 0 Suspending the right to participate in cultural, artistic and sporting activities – 1 month Suspending the right to work – 1 month Suspending the right to receive and buy goods – 2 months Isolation from the group, 4 hours/day the most, but no more than 5 consecutive days Disciplinary sanctions 2010-2014 2014 2013 5195 5816 2012 5104 2011 5052 2010 4530 2965 4661 3835 2232 4595 4248 2534 3112 1466 1336 1331 1192 2855 5054 1371 431 1401 288 1211 1108 1620 284 1075 235 240 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Suspending the right to receive and buy goods, excepting those necessary for the individual hygiene for no more than 2 months; 4248 5052 5104 5816 5195 Suspending the right to receive visits for no more than 3 months; 5054 4595 3835 4661 4530 Warning; 3112 2855 2232 2534 2965 Isolation for maximum 10 days; 1620 1211 1331 1336 1371 Suspending the right to participate in cultural, artistic and sporting activities for no more than 1 month; 1075 1108 1192 1401 1466 Suspending the right to work for no more than 1 month 240 235 288 431 284 15 Activity report - 2014 2014 recorded a decrease in the number of transferred inmates among prison units, from 74,471 in 2013 to 68,482 in 2014. Taking into account the reasons which determined the transfer, the situation goes as follows: o 17,616 inmates so that they could be sent to various judicial bodies, with a decrease as compared to 2013 (22,499); o 30,369 inmates so that they could serve their sentence according to their prison regime and so that a balance among the prison units could be maintained, with a decrease as compared to 2013 ( 30,556). The decreased number is explained by the drop in the average prison population as a result of the new legal provisions in force, as well as by the permanent monitoring of prisoner categories incarcerated in the subordinated units. o 12,995 inmates in order to check in / check out of the prison hospitals, with a slight drop as compared to 2013 (13,490); o 7,502 inmates for other situations (e.g. participation in various cultural, educational and sporting activities, qualification courses, etc.), with a decrease as compared to 2013 (7,926); o a slight drop (5.33%) of the number of people sent to the judicial bodies (190,993 in the reference year as compared to 201,756 in 2013), while the average population dropped by 3.56% (31,847 in the reference year, as compared to 33,053 in 2013). Situation of transferred inmates 17616 0 10000 Judicial affairs 16 30369 20000 30000 40000 12995 50000 Prison sentence enforcement 190,993 stands for the number of court appearances, with a drop as compared to the previous years: 2013 (201,756), 2012 (205,810), 2011 (201,981), 2010 (237,313) and 2009 (215,825). 7502 60000 In hospitals 70000 Other causes National Administration of Penitentiaries Overcrowding is a major challenge for the Romanian prison system, taking into consideration the objective 2 of the detention places management. At present, the deficit of accommodation places (4 m /inmate) is 11,170 places (for the prison population on 31.12.2014). To limit the overcrowding effects, the National Administration of Penitentiaries focused on developing the prison system infrastructure, in compliance with the legal provisions and the European prison rules. In 2014, the following activities were organized: 1. Work on the following objectives was initiated: - Turning a school pavilion into a detention pavilion – Găeşti Prison; - Detention pavilion – Mărgineni Prison. 2. Continuing work on Pavilion 04 (detention + kitchen + central heating) – Codlea Prison; 3. Developing technical projects on: - Turning 2 auxiliary administrative pavilions into detention spaces – Giurgiu Prison; - Turning a stable into a detention facility – Işalniţa Branch – Craiova Prison; - Turning a production workshop into a detention facility – Satu Mare Prison. 4. Unfolding the grants with Norway on: - modernizing the juvenile wing in Bacau Prison – works will begin in 2015; - setting up a therapeutic centre for female inmates in Gherla Prison – works will commence in 2015. 5. Modernizing the detention premises through current repairs in Tg. Ocna Prison Hospital – 36 accommodation places in the medical-social department. A number of 1,380 accommodation places are about to be rehabilitated by reaching the capital repairs objectives: Detention Pavilion – Codlea Prison (100), Detention Pavilion – Mărgineni Prison (200), Wings VII-VIII – Aiud Prison (80), Detention Pavilion – Baia Mare Prison (200), Detention Pavilion – Iasi Prison (800). The visit time was maintained, reaching the legal maximum time/visit (2 hours) in most prison units. Phone call time was also prolonged, reaching 30 minutes/day in most prison units. 17 Activity report - 2014 Permissions to leave the prison 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 24 hours More than 24 hours 2010 1013 577 2011 1101 310 2012 1014 259 2013 1266 398 2014 1995 627 Intimate visits 18 2014 503 2013 635 2012 635 2011 430 2010 413 9854 9513 9513 7371 6389 48 hours 2 hours National Administration of Penitentiaries In 2014, there was an increase by 16%, as compared to 2013, in the number of inmates involved into paid working activities. 8,532 inmates were selected and involved into working and household activities. 3,390 were involved into paid activities based on a service contract (by 16% more than in 2013). 3390 2014 2013 2923 2012 2990 65 4991 73 4584 2062 2010 58 4860 2612 2011 The sum of Ron 40.18 millions stands for the income obtained from working activities in 2014, by 30% more than in 2013. 5084 122 32 4364 Average number of inmates who worked based on service contracts and as a matter of budgetary production Average number of inmates who worked to the interest of the detention place and within the prison unit Average number of inmates who worked based on volunteering and in case of a calamity Service contract incomes (RON millions) 45 40.1 40 35 30 25 29.7 30.8 25.8 20.1 20 2010 2011 2012 Incomes 2013 2014 Activity report - 2014 In the reference period, 30 decisions issued by prison surveillance judges and 23 criminal sentences issued by courts of law were examined and, as a result, there were recommendations on the following rights: • providing optimal conditions for accommodation – 14 decisions; • separating smokers from non-smokers – 1 decision; • granting visits without a separation device – 2 decisions; • access to information of public interest – 1 decision; • granting days considered as having been served, following the participation in a qualification course – 1 decision; • providing hygienic and sanitary materials – 1 decision; • granting rewards – 1 decision; • the right to work – 1 decision; • right to medical care - 3 decisions; • category of goods that may be received through the visit sector – 2 decisions; • right to do the shopping – 1 decision; • changing the prison regime, upon the prisoner’s request, from a more permissive regime into a more severe one – 2 decisions; In 2014, 148 points of view were submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – the Government Agent for the European Court of Human Rights with a view to elaborating the defence of the CEDO detention conditions cases which Romania is a part of. Monitoring the cases in which Romania was condemned by ECHR for failing to comply with the detention conditions showed a decrease in the number of issued decisions, from 32 decisions in 2013 to 29 decisions in 2014. Thus, in 2014, the Romanian State had to pay compensations in the sum of Euro 196,400, as compared to the amount of Euro 221,819 in 2013. As a result of 75 visits to detention places made by representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations, reports on the findings were submitted to the National Administration of Penitentiaries. The drafted reports written by various Human Rights entities were analysed at the NAP headquarters, the conclusions and points of view of the institution being expressed in the monitoring reports made by the Detention Security and Prison Regime in collaboration with the other specialist departments. One of the biggest challenges for the computer programmers of the institution was the re-configuration of PMSWeb integrated application for keeping the record of and calculating prison sentences and inmates' rights after the new penal codes and the other normative documents of the penal reform package came into force. Despite the significant changes in the application, the action was successfully carried out without any syncopes in the prison activity. 20 National Administration of Penitentiaries 2.932 inmates are enrolled for school and university courses in the 2014–2015. Schooling Comparative situation of inmates involved in schooling 2932 2696 2605 2684 2421 2131 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 Inmates enrolled for school and university courses in 2014-2015 1048 1300 577 7 Primary school Gymnasium Technological and high school University Activity report - 2014 243 minors are enrolled for schooling in 2014-2015. Rate of minors deprived of liberty involved in schooling, as compared to the general population: 2009 – 61%, 2010 – 56%, 2011 – 57%, 2012 – 58%, 2013 – 52%, 2014 – 77%. Situation of minors deprived of liberty enrolled for schooling, as compared to the general minor population 466 460 447 508 461 316 287 258 254 267 262 243 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 Participating minors Minor population Profesional training 31 prison units organized Local Job Exchanges, in collaboration with county employment agencies, local public institutions and NGO-s: - 802 inmates benefited from direct meetings with employers (submitting CVs, giving interviews), out of whom 47 female inmates and 40 persons in an educational /detention centre; - 846 participating employers; - 50 inmates were registered by employers with the possibility to find a job after release. Job training courses organized in 2009–2014 335 400 300 200 243 229 133 130 115 100 0 2009 22 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 National Administration of Penitentiaries 5000 4375 4609 3918 4000 3527 3423 4222 4023 3765 3000 2000 3187 1524 2450 1320 1000 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 Labour information, counselling and mediation 259 inmates participated in initial job training courses for data introduction/processing, training of trainers, textile manufacture, landscape drawing, wood carving and plant growing. 2.310 prisoners, out of whom 18 minors, 122 juveniles and 47 women, benefited from job training courses for about 20 crafts. 2013 2014 Job training Occupations Number of participants Occupations Number of participants Carpenter/woodworker/floorer 550 Dishwasher, chemical cleaning agent 50 Construction finisher, construction worker, painter 521 Butcher 29 Barber 233 Data operator 29 Animal breeder 151 Crops worker 307 Trade/food worker 109 Tailor, leather and nongenuine leather worker 100 Baker/pastry chef 27 Bricklayer/stone mason/plasterer 12 Pest control worker 13 Printing worker – flexographic printing worker Water and sewage plumber Reed weaver Entrepreneurship skills Stone and marble carver Landscape painter, florist Mechanic, car vulcanizer 28 77 20 15 14 13 12 23 Activity report - 2014 Rate of participants in the qualification courses unfolded within the European-funded projects, as compared to those organized collaboaration with the County Employment Agency in 2014 13% Participants in project courses Participants in courses organized in collaboration with the County Employment Agency 87% Religious assistance - 32 employed Orthodox priests (42 foreseen occupancies); - 18 religious cults recognized by the Law, whose volunteers have access to the prison, under non-discriminating conditions (24,927 activities performed in collaboration with the cult representatives). Recuperative activities The occupational profile of the specialist prison educator was defined in order to have it introduced into the Classification of Romanian Occupations and the approval of the Ministry of Justice and of the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elderly People was obtained. In order to decrease the rate of the negative events among prisoners and increase the quality of detention life, activities in the Implementation Plan of the Strategy for Reducing Aggressive Prison Behaviour, 2014 were implemented, as follows: - elaborating the Clinic Manual on Violence Risk – self-aggressive behaviours, suicidal behaviour, hetero-aggressive behaviours; - elaborating the Study on Aggressive Behaviour Prevalence among inmates/individuals in the educational and detention centres; - elaborating the Prisoner Support Training Programme; - elaborating the Hobby Programme – a programme for emphasizing prisoners’ creative and applicative skills (4 modules); - elaborating Ergo-therapy Programme. 24 National Administration of Penitentiaries The educational programme offer was extended and diversified, as follows: Health Education Programme 2 modules, Talent 4 – Self-knowledge and Career Guidance Programme, The Realm of Knowledge Programme – I-IX Modules (revised and completed), Civic Education (revised and completed). 5 social assistance programmes for prisoners were revised. The Moral Religious Programme Corpus, accompanied by video materials, was printed and promoted throughout the prison units. 11 national thematic projects were implemented: Multi-art Festival for Inmates, Prison Poetry (VI), Job Exchange, st Public Opinion Awareness Campaign on Inmates’ Social Reintegration, Easter Feast, June 1 , 2014, Peter and Pavel Saints, st Christmas, December 1 , Talking to VIPs, Prison Environment - Introspective Look project on literary creation. 9 project models on organizing and unfolding book reviews, organizing a conference, a radio – TV show, unfolding culture broadcast activities (exhibitions/shows), creating the prison wing/unit magazine, organizing debates, book launches, occupational workshops, activities in a circle were created and promoted by the NPA Director General’s Decision. Participants in educational programmes in 2014 Adjustment to the Detention Conditions Information about Drug, 15000 Developing the Realm of Alchohol and Tobacco Use Knowledge 12239 426 10000 Reading and Writing 6687 927 Hobby Physical Education 5000 0 873 2409 3086 3054 423 Active-Club 2723 3696 Health Education Civic Education 1515 Programme implemented by collaborators Family Life Education Moral & Religious Education 25 Activity report - 2014 Participants in social assistance programmes Preparation for Release; 8000 Programmes Run Exclusively by External Collaborators Re-offending Prevention by Developing Decisionmaking Skills in Risk Situations 6000 6024 155 4000 Decreasing the Suicide Risk 401 2000 Stay in Touch with the Support Environment 333 0 574 691 321 193 Parenting Social Skills Training/Improvement Primary Domestic Abuse Prevention Programme Participants in psychological assistance programmes Drug Use History Therapeutic Community The Elderly 27 500 Alcohol History 120400 386 300 496 200 Time Management Aggressive Behaviour 118 100 36 58 0 Suicide Risk 31 Lack of Empathy and Morale, Lying 87 Games and Alcohol 123 Addictions Decrease in Impetuosity 26 Sexual Offenders 72 108 263 Psychical Disorders Decrease in Anger National Administration of Penitentiaries Beneficiari ai activităţilor desfăşurate în comunitate Visits to cultural objectives 2500 290 Nature trips 2045 2000 1973 Visits to institutions 1500 1000 500 0 Visits to exhibitions 110 657 Watching shows 638 376 Participating in competitions Watching sports competitions Social mediation 7.585 inmates benefited from support for solving social cases. Social undertakings performed in 2014 Minors Males Females Total Documents addressed to state 107 3.286 547 3.940 Documents addressed to NGOs 3 209 18 230 Family contact (visit sector) 82 803 68 953 Solved social cases 32 2,290 140 2,462 Total 224 6,588 773 7,585 27 Activity report - 2014 Inter-institutional collaboration Government Decision on approving the National Strategy for Inmates’ Social Reintegration of persond deprived of liberty was signed by the Ministry of Justice, being approved also by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Young People and Sports. With a view to strengthening the general framework for the collaboration with the community, both local and central work sessions were organized with the representatives of public institutions and NGOs which perform their activities in the detention units, including those which are focused on Human Rights observance. Undertakings necessary for setting up E.P.E.A Romania Branch were performed and a Collaboration Agreement between the NAP and Meridianos was concluded in order to develop international cooperation. The public awareness campaign about inmates’ social reintegration entitled Ex-detainees’ Social Re-entry, the Path to a th Safer Community was unfolded in all prison units. The main activity took place on October 13 , 2014 – The International Prison Education Day, which celebrated 25 years since the approval of Recommendation no. R(89)12 of the Ministers’ Committee of the Council of Europe. Collaborations with higher education institutions were developed so that joint projects could be successfully implemented: - Tibiscus University in Timişoara – Research and Application in Psychology International Symposium; - Ion Mincu Architecture and Urbanism University – Idea Competition on Designing an Educational Centre, with the participation of 4-year students and coordinating professors; - National Art University Bucharest – Creation Competition on Establishing a New Prison Staff Uniform Design (formal uniform and city uniform); - National Magistracy Institute – Prison Phenomenology Conference addressed to justice auditors, year II. 24 new national collaboration protocols and 1 protocol with international partners were concluded while 2 national collaboration protocols were updated by means of additional documents. 2014 – Standard Inmates Evaluation Tools After Law no. 254/2013, with its subsequent amendments and completions came into force, undertakings for promoting a new decision on enforcing the Credit System in the Units Subordinated to the NAP were performed and the Director General of the NPA issued the decision bill on approving the standard inmates evaluation tools – Annex 1 The commission’s or, as appropriate, the educational council’s work procedure for granting rewards based on the credit system for the participation in educational, psychological and social, working activities and programmes, as well as in risk situations. The decision bill has been posted for public consultation since March 2014. Its approval and publication the Official Gazette of Romania is conditioned by the enactment of the New Law Enforcement Regulation. The theoretical framework of the Standard Inmates’ Evaluation Tool, as well as the three questionnaires pertaining to the commissions for establishing the prison regime, changing the prison regime and conditional release were created, the pre-testing being already implemented in four prisons. The normative framework regulating inmates’ social re-entry was revised: - The Order issued by the Minister of Justice on the conditions related to the organization and performance of educational, psychological and social assistance, schooling, higher education and job training of the inmates and the people in the detention and educational centres; - The guide of the person in the educational centre and the offer of associated activities and programmes; - The guide of the person in the detention centre and the offer of associated activities and programmes. 28 National Administration of Penitentiaries FORESEEN POSITIONS OCCUPIED POSITIONS Unit Director 47 39 8 Unit Deputy Director 116 78 38 Detention Security and Prison Regime 8872 7916 956 Economic Administrative 2794 2312 482 Medical 1147 730 417 Social Re-entry 1042 667 375 Human Resources and Job Training 286 232 54 Secretariat, Archives, Registry, Mass-media 208 177 31 IT 153 135 18 Crime and Terrorism Prevention 128 99 29 Judicial 66 55 11 Classified Information 52 42 10 Other fields 165 93 72 15076 12575 2501 ACTIVITY FIELD The Human Resource Strategy of the Prison Administration System was elaborated in 2014, within the project entitled Strengthening the Capacity of the Prison System in the Area of Human Capital Development at the Prison Staff Level, RO 23 Correctional Services, including sanctions non-depriving from liberty Programme, financed by 2009-2014 Norwegian Financial Mechanism and promoted by the Director General’s Decision no. 581/07.11.2014. TOTAL VACANCIES Employment rate according to activity fields Unit Director Unit Deputy Director Detention Security and Prison Regime Economic Administrative Medical Social Re-entry Human Resources and Job Training Secretariat, Archives, Registry, Mass-media IT Crime and Terrorism Prevention Judicial Classified Information Other fields 83% 67% 89% 83% 64% 64% 81% 85% 88% 77% 83% 81% 56% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 29 Activity report - 2014 Staf dynamics 13000 12553 12471 12437 12247 12000 12297 12575 12405 12223 11000 10000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Employment in the prison system 26 2 Educational institutions Direct employment Transfer 328 30 National Administration of Penitentiaries Reasons for leaving the prison system in 2014 11 23 54 Resignation 22 Age limit retirement Medical retirement Removal Other reasons 142 Categories of prison positions 401 3151 Senior officers Junior officeres Civilians 11524 Out of the total foreseen positions (15,076), 3,151 are designed for senior officers and 11,524 for junior officers while 401 are for civilians. 31 Activity report - 2014 Representatives of the Human Resources Office and Job Training Office, altogether with colleagues in other fields, promoted the educational prison system offer for 2014 -2015 in high schools and after high schools, as well as in the media, including communication channels such as: - Facebook page (Admissions to National Administration of Penitentiaries) – over 3,750 likes; - participation in job fairs; - activities during the week entitled School in a Different Way "Know More, Be Better". Educational institutions training prison staff 131 students (15 for the Republic of Moldavia) – Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy, Police Faculty (prison speciality); 36 students – Mihai Viteazul National Information Academy (fields: Psychology-Information, Security and Information Studies); 47 students - Medical Military Institute (General Medicine, Dental Medicine, Pharmacy); 240 pupils (20 for the Republic of Moldavia) - Tg. Ocna SNPAP; 50 students – Nicolae Bălcescu Terrestrial Force Academy, Sibiu (Public Administration, Economical-financial Management); 47 students – Technical Military Academy, Bucharest (Construction and Fortification Engineer, Transmissions and Computers, National Security and Defence Information Systems); 57 pupils Basarab I Military School for Military Instructors and Land Forces Sub-officers, Piteşti (specializations: Auto, Communication Technique, IT Equipment Operation and maintenance, Builings, Intendance - Cook). Evolution of schooling figures 700 582 601 608 600 435 500 400 284 300 200 100 0 2010 32 2011 2012 2013 2014 National Administration of Penitentiaries Graduates 2014 In 2014, the staff flow into the prison system was almost exclusively based on the graduates from the educational institutions. The graduates were distributed and employed, as follows: 45 graduates – Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy, Police Faculty, Prison Department; 20 graduates – Nicolae Bălcescu Terrestrial Force Academy, Sibiu; 11 graduates – Mihai Viteazul National Information Academy; 197 graduates – Tg. Ocna SNPAP; 55 graduates - Basarab I Military School for Military Instructors and Land Forces Sub-officers, Piteşti. Graduates 2014 55 45 20 11 197 "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Police Academy "Nicolae Bălcescu" Terrestrial Force Academy, Sibiu "Mihai Viteazul" National Information Academy Tg. Ocna National Training School for Junior Prison Officers "Basarab I" Military School for Military Instructors and Land Forces Sub-officers 33 Activity report - 2014 Professional training courses Continuous staff training took place on e-learning platforms, implemented in all prison units. Also, 2,446 people participated in courses organized in own or external training centres. As for the innovative job training methods for the prison staff, we mention the 2014 Avalanche Negotiation through Simulation Exercise, which was organized at the National Defence University. Skills such as coordination, organization and command were developed by all the teams involved into incident management throughout this exercise by means of simulation and role plays. Job training courses 598 1379 Inner suppliers External suppliers (projects) External suppliers (budget) 850 . 34 As a priority in the prison environment, the acquisition of Tuberculosis prevention measures by implementing TBPIU NAP Action Plan and the development of the capacity to react in a crisis situation were also continued in 2014. A number of 381 non-medical staff, especially surveillance junior officers, were trained in Tuberculosis Control. National Administration of Penitentiaries Enactments published in 2014: Nr. crt. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Published enactments G.O. no. 1169/2013 on modifying G.O. no. 584/2005 on financing sanitary units in the defence, public order, national security and judicial system. M.J.O. no. 4078/C/2013 on modifying M.J.O. no. 3166/C/2012 on approving the conditions and procedures concerning the transmission of products obtained in the agro-zoo-technical households between the prison administration units. NAP Director General’s Decision no. 646/2013 on approving the procedure for checking out the activities and behaviour of the candidates declared "admitted" at the entrance examination organized by Târgu Ocna National Training School for Prison Junior Agents. NAP Director General’s Decision no. 377/2014 on changing the methodology for granting rewards to inmates based on the credit system for the participation in educational, psychological and social, working activities and programmes, as well as in risk situations, as approved by NAP Director General’s Decision no. 438/2013. Law no. 100/2014 on approving G.O. no. 8/2010 on modifying and completing G.O. no. 15/2002 on enforcing the costs for using and passing along the national road network in Romania. M.J.O. no. 2325/C/2014 on modifying and completing the Annex to M.J.O. no. 1.318/C/2012 on approving the norms for granting the right to food to the prison system staff in times of peace. G.O. no. 729/2014 on moving from public sector to private sector of some buildings managed by Timisoara Prison, as subordinated to the NAP with a view to having it demolished. M.J.O. no. 1993/ C/2014 on organizing and unfolding corruption prevention activities the NAP and its subordinated units. 9. Order no. M. 55-107-2587/C-10357-210-496-831 dated 30 April 2014 on approving medical scales for the medical examination for the entrance exam organized by the military, intelligence, public order and national security educational units/institutions for occupying the positions of soldier/professional rank, as well as for the candidates to be called/recalled/employed among military/ police personnel/civil servants with a special status in the prison system. 10. M.J.O. no. 3206/C/2014 on approving methodological norms for granting a rise in salary for exceptional works or special missions, as well as on establishing the conditions and activities for granting a rise in salary for the work performed in the weekly rest days, public holidays and the other days when the NAP civil servants with a special status and civilian staff do not work, in accordance with the regulations in force. 11. 12. 13. G.O. no. 21/2014 on modifying and completing E.G.O. no. 195/2002 on driving along public roads. NAP Director General’s Decision no. 508 on approving Târgu Ocna SNPAP students’ statute. M.J.O. no. 3465/C/2014 on completing the NAP Organization and Operation Regulation, approved by M.J.O. no. 2.003/C/2008. 35 Activity report - 2014 Nr. crt. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Published enactments G.O. no. 846/2014 on modifying and completing G.O. no. 1.996/2004 on the conditions for granting free medical and psychological assistance, medicines and prostheses for the prison system civil servants with a special status. M.J.O. no. 4190/C/2014 on establishing the height criterion for occupying some vacancies in the units subordinated to the National Administration of Penitentiaries. M.J.O. no. 4249/C/2014 on awarding Serving the Homeland Honorary Sign to civil servants with a special status having professional ranks equivalent to the ranks of officers. M.J.O. no. 4250/C/2014 on awarding In the Service of the Homeland Honorary Sign to civil servants with a special status having professional ranks equivalent to the ranks of foremen and under-officers. M.J.O. no. 2980/C/2014 on approving the methodological norms on the conditions for awarding In the Service of the Homeland Honorary Sign to civil servants with a special status having professional ranks equivalent to the ranks of officers, foremen and under-officers in MJ, NAP and subordinated units. Rate of normative documents published in OG, according to activity fields Crime and Terrorism Prevention 5% Social Re-entry 6% Medical 17% Human Resource Management 33% 36 Economicadministrative 39% National Administration of Penitentiaries NAP medical network - 38 primary medicine rooms; 33 functional dental medicine rooms; 6 functional dental technics laboratories, in 2 of them prosthetic works for inmates are performed; 1,291 beds for continuous hospital care. Dynamic of the positions in the medical domain Senior officers YEAR Foreseen Occupied Junior officers Foreseen Occupied Civilians Foreseen TOTAL Occupied Foreseen Occupied 2012 2013 354 351 163 145 763 756 579 555 32 41 16 15 1149 1148 758 715 2014 Employment level 351 142 758 564 38 14 1147 720 - 40,45% - 74,40% - 36,84% - 62,77% Admissions dynamics In 2014, a number of 854,626 consultations were granted to inmates, with an increase as compared to 2013 when 838,636 consultations were registered Specialized monitoring was provided by means of prison hospitals and public health network; accordingly, in 2014, 15,327 admissions to prison hospitals and 475 in public health units. It is worth mentioning that, if the number of public health network admissions decreased by 151 admissions as compared to 2013, the health NAP network continued to ensure the most important percentage of hospital care for the people incarcerated within the prison system (96.5%), as well as for the people in police arrest facilities (470 admissions). 100% 99% 98% 97% 96% 95% 94% 93% 92% admissions to civilians hospitals admissions to prison hospitals 475 626 15327 11328 2013 2014 626 475 11328 15327 Activity report - 2014 Medical healthcare services In 2014, the ANP continued the implementation of projects on preventing the transmission of infectious - contagious diseases, focusing on medically testing and evaluating new-coming detainees. Thus, there The first stage of the non-reimbursable were over 16,000 hepatitis C virus tests (continuing with approximately externally-funded project entitled Integrated IT 400 viremia and almost Fibroscan 150 tests), 822 hepatitis B tests and System for Healthcare Management in Prisons 682 HIV tests (in compliance with the pre and post test counselling). was successfully implemented (6 prison In order to find out about both inmates and, especially, prison staff hospitals and 40 consultation rooms (family members' health status so that diseases could be prevented and faster medicine for inmates). and more efficient steps could be taken, collaboration protocols with various health training institutions, patient associations or companies/pharmaceutical companies were also concluded with a view to enlarging the area of services offered both to prisoners and staff. Thus, collaboration protocols were concluded as follows: with APAH-RO (Association of Liver Disease Patients in Romania), APCR (Association of Chronicle Patients in Romania), pharmaceutical companies MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme), Hoffmann-La Roche, Servier Pharma, and also with Iuliu Haţieganu Medicine and Pharmacy University in Cluj-Napoca, National Institute of Public Health, the National Anti-drug Agency. Mortality Analysis In 2014, corresponding to an average prison population of 31,847, a number of 122 deaths (3.86‰) was recorded, as compared to 2013 when there were 102 deaths (3.08‰), which is maintained at a higher level as compared to previous years (2011-2.93‰, 2012 - 2.88 ‰). 86.88% (106 cases) of deaths were due to medical causes, the most frequent ones being represented by: - neoplazia - 24; - circulatory diseases - 39, double Main death causes - 2014 as compared to 2013; - respiratory diseases - 14; 3% - digestive diseases - 15; Cardiovascular - the remaining 16 death cases diseases registered in 2014 were violently caused: 10 10% hanging (as compared to 18 in 2013), 2 - selfNeoplazia aggression and 4 deaths due to other causes (food poisoning, mechanical asphyxia 40% Respiratory diseases 12% with an eating bowl, etc.). Digestive diseases 15% Violent causes Other causes 20% 38 National Administration of Penitentiaries Tuberculosis incidence in prisons As a result of TB prevention carried out within the projects financed by the Global Fund, the tuberculosis incidence in prisons dropped from 2,967%.ooo in 2002 to 479%.ooo in 2013 and 449%.ooo at the end of the 3rd quarter of 2014 (number of tuberculosis cases reported to 100,000 inmates). 2966.7 Evoluţie INDICATOR DEINDICATOR IMPACT -–incidenţă TB,1999-2014 1999-2014 Evolution of the IMPACT TB incidence, 2235 2154.5 2500 penitenciare Prisons General generala population Populatia 449 73.7 478.6 82.8 90.1 99.4 105.5 106.4 114.2 123.6 134.6 135.7 142.2 134.1 73.3 0 122.4 119.9 500 78.7 496.6 588 642 650 810 864 848.2 865.2 1000 1099.4 1500 1328.8 2000 908 incidenta globala / penitenciare %.ooo %.ooo Global incidence/Prisons 3000 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014, 30 sept Supporting TB control in prisons through interventions addressed to inmates and staff Project budget: Euro 1,524,590, of which Euros 1,395,391 spent Period: July 9, 2008 - September 30, 2014 Results: - 848 educators trained in TB prevention (101%); - 58,275 educated inmates (93%); - 3,368 – personnel trained in TB infection control (109%); - E-learning platform for preventing TB in prisons available, with the possibility of being accessed by all the prisoners in the system, thanks to the equipment provided within the project. 39 Activity report - 2014 1.006.498 +586 +633 thousand RON L.356/2013 thousand RON HG 248/2014 thousand RON HG 551/2014 +4.958 thousand RON OG 9/2014 rectif. 1 - 493 thousand RON MJ4/102311/ 29.12.2014 NAP budget of RON 1,034,733 thousand, resulted from the modifications shown throughout the year +20.039 thousand RON OUG 59/2014 rectif. 2 +613 thousand RON HG 870/2014 +1.318 thousand RON OUG74/2014 rectif. 3 +581 thousand RON HG1105 /2014 Degree of the budget implementation (subsidy) in period of time 2009–2014 40 2009 740,810 mii lei 99.23% 2010 711,529 thousand RON lei 99.52% 2011 793,012 thousand RON lei 99.80% 2012 829,478 thousand RON lei 99.70% 2013 921,590 thousand RON lei 99.93% 2014 946,908 thousand RON lei 99.97% National Administration of Penitentiaries Prisoners’ maintenance costs: 3,76 RON/day basic norm (excluding VAT), corresponding to 2,855 calories: MJO no. 3541/C/2012 establishes the updated financial value of prisoners’ nutrition norms; 204,299 thousand RON current operation costs: heating, water, fuel, food, medicines, inventory items, current repairs, maintenance materials etc. - 535 RON/month/average cost of inmate maintenance; - 94 RON/month/monthly HIH (Health Insurance House) contribution. - Transfers between public administration units 87,757 thousand RON, 9% Projects (FEN) 23,916 thousand RON, 2% Goods and services 185,420 thousand RON 18% Capital costs, 21,478 thousand RON, 2% 713.660 mii lei 69% Cheltuieli de personal - Staff costs Bunuri si servicii - Goods and services Transferuri intre unitatipublic ale administratiei - Transfers between administration publice units Alte - transferuri Other transfers Proiecte cu finantare externa nerambursabila - Non-reimbursable externallyfinanced projects Asistenta - Socialsociala care Cheltuieli decosts capital - Capital 41 Activity report - 2014 Budget variation according to financial sources in the last 5 years 1,200,000 Thousand RON 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 Subvention Own incomings 42 2010 39,521 711,529 2011 145,620 793,012 2012 80,491 832,014 2013 83,531 922,216 2014 87,584 947,149 National Administration of Penitentiaries In a complex of public entity factors, information is a must for a healthy management, effective monitoring and identification of risk situations, in previous phases of their implementation. Thus, the flow of documents was provided by organizing the correspondence receipt/dispatch, recording and archiving the correspondence, the system being made accessible to the management, employees and third parties. Solving petitions A permanent concern in 2014 lied in adjusting, harmonizing, securing and developing the IT system of the institution according to the necessities of collecting, taking over and exploiting the data and information of each organizational structure/sub-division. 11568 15000 6172 10000 5000 0 NAP Petitions Technical support was provided during the phases of procurement, offer assessment, implementation and staff training with a view to turning the Accounting Evidence of the institution into a new ERP application that is built on modern concepts and that meets the automatization needs of these processes at a better level. Units Petitions Registered documents 67005 1453369 43 InterFest National Inter-prison Festival MultiArt Festival for Prisoners Public awareness campaign Ex-prisoners Social Re-entry – the Path To a Safer Community MultiArt Festival for Prisoners Activity report - 2014 44 The openness towards society and the concern for its security represented one of the priorities of the Romanian prison system in 2014, too. With a view to inmates’ social reintegration, activities involving representatives of the central and local administrations, civil society, NGO-s and former prisoners were organized in 2014. In this context, the InterFest National Inter-prison Festival was organized at Bucharest Jilava Prison in August and it aimed at strengthening and developing the prisoner support network by promoting cultural, artistic and sporting activities in collaboration with the civil society. The event was attended by inmates, traditional community collaborators, as well as cultural and artistic personalities. In October, the public awareness campaign entitled Ex-prisoners Social Re-entry – the Path To a Safer Community was launched by the NAP. On this occasion, in all prison units there were debates and round tables organized in representative areas of the community, with the participation of local artistic and cultural personalities. To support the community, the NAP, through its subordinated units, continued to involve prisoners into environmentally friendly activities, cleaning parks, flooding and snow removal. These actions targeted at developing the civic sense and the feeling of civil society membership, changing the civil society’s negative perception of prisons and, implicitly, of detainees. Another objective was prisoners’ empowerment through work and preserving the idea of protecting the environment. MultiArt Festival for Prisoners reached its sixth edition and continued to be a good prerequisite for rebuilding the prison-society relationship by involving professional artists and students, organizing debates, performing valuable artistic shows and, especially, by attracting thousands of spectators who got closer to the reality of the Romanian prison environment. National Administration of Penitentiaries Crime prevention The NAP drew up studies on highlighting the risk factors and vulnerabilities of the prison system and the evolutionary trends thereof: - Issues Concerning Inmates’ Treatment and the Enforcement of Detainees’ Rights – analysis on the risks of the prison system being faced with complaints in justice about inmates’ treatment or the observance of their rights; - Crime Groups Organised within the Prison System Units – Identification, Risk Factors – identifying the causes and conditions favouring organized crime within the detention area; - Contextual Issues about the Exposure to Corruption Risk within the Prison System – outlining the possibilities of informing and protecting the prison system staff against the potential risks they may be exposed to while performing their ongoing activities; - General and Specific Issues about the Religious Assistance Provided to Muslim Inmates – understanding the importance of some factors related to a potential radicalization of some Muslim detainees and the existence of a uniform approach to this issue in prisons, allowing for the permanent knowledge of the situation and the approach of efficient policies necessary to control the associated risk. In order to implement the National Anti-corruption Strategy (NSA) within the NAP and to increase the level of anticorruption education: - OMJ no. 1993/C/2014 on organizing and conducting corruption prevention activities within the prison system was approved and published in the Romanian Official Gazette; - A training stage for the integrity counsellors assigned for each prison unit was organized by the MJ in collaboration with the NAP; - Punctual Elements about Some Preventive Anti-corruption Measures Applicable to the Prison System Staff was developed and included in the thematic plan of continuous training of civil servants with a special status; - Training sessions for the staff of several prison units were organized in collaboration with the General Anti-corruption Direction; - Presentations on preventing corruption deeds and facts were delivered in the institutions training prison staff; - Reports on the progress in implementing the NSA objectives in the prison system in 2014 were also drawn up. 15 criminal files compiled as a result of the collaboration with of public order and national security structures within various measure plans initiated by the NAP management and endorsed by partner structures for providing evidence for crimes committed in the prison units. 15 criminal files compiled as a result of the collaboration with of public order and national security structures within various measure plans initiated by the NAP management and endorsed by partner structures for providing evidence for crimes committed in the prison units. 45 National Administration of Penitentiaries Internal public audit In 2014, as a result of the change in the general norms on internal public audit in Romania, the Internal Public Audit Department reviewed the entire normative framework for the internal public audit performed within the prison system. Audited areas/activities in 2014: - budgetary process; - financial and accounting operations (economic accounting, analyzing and checking expenditures made in accordance with the Budget Execution Account); - patrimony management; - investment and maintenance of buildings and related installations (public investments, maintenance and current repairs); - public procurement; - equipment - transport - household, arms and ammunition; - classified information management; - health care provided to inmates. 2012 Findigns and recommendations made in the internal public audit in 2012-2014 On time implementation dynamics of recommendations made during the internal audit missions performed in 20122014 (monitoring date 31.12.2014) 2013 2014 341 findings 439 findings 444 findings 344 recommendations 399 recommendations 437 recommendations 96% implementation level of the recommendations made during the internal audit missions 93% 82% National Administration of Penitentiaries Prinson inspection In order to observe Standard no. 22 Control Strategies in accordance with MPFO no. 946/2005, amended and completed, Prison Inspection Department performed a general inspection, 24 unforeseen controls, 22 on-the-spot checks of denounced issues, as well as 4 administrative inquiries about the patrimony liability of the staff. Also, a number of 1,408 notifications and complaints of varying complexity degrees were solved out by researching and detailing all the raised issues. The controlling activities resulted in the necessity to draw up procedures for 3 activities and to complete/change some normative documents and specific regulations in a number of 13 situations. Taking into account that patrimony damages were identified in the controlled units, steps against those responsible were taken in compliance with the provisions of Law no. 293/2004, with subsequent amendments and completions, and other normative acts, as follows: • 42 warnings; • 40 cases of notifying the competent disciplinary committees; • 7 cases of notifying the judicial bodies; • 4 cases of ceasing to perform management position tasks by empowerment or unit director’s decision; • 15 cases of regaining some sums of money granted in an undeserved way. Total of missions 4 1 24 general inspections unforeseen controls on-the-spot checks 22 cercetări administrative 47 Activity report - 2014 Measures issued according to Law no. 293/2004, with its subsequent amendments and completions 7 4 Warnings 42 40 Notifying the disciplinary committee Notifying the judicial bodies Empowerment cease Total of issued measures- 1921 implemented measures 784 1137 measures to be implemented In order to determine how activities failing to comply with the standards required were issued, out of which 784 were implemented. 48 National Administration of Penitentiaries Travels abroad 81 travels abroad, on mission, to 29 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Great Britain, Namibia, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Moldavia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Hungary), with the participation of 253 representatives of the Romanian prison system (77 NAP specialists and 176 representatives of the subordinated prison units). Visits abroad 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 0 Visited countries Number of delegations Number of participants 100 2010 23 95 370 200 2011 28 86 293 300 2012 31 78 254 400 2013 27 78 209 500 2014 29 81 253 49 Activity report - 2014 Rate of headquarters/subordinated unit participants 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Headquarters 28% 30% 20% 28% 30% Subordinated units 72% 70% 80% 72% 70% The prison staff travel expenses were covered by different sources, as follows: Financing sources for travels abroad 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Grants-in-aid Project funds and grant-in-aid (daily allowance, internal transport) Solely project funds 17% 15% 15% 18% 8% 17% 11% 10% 5% 12% 46% 41% 45% 45% 44% Other sources (organizations, personal funds, etc.) 20% 33% 30% 32% 36% The aim of the travels was to ensure Romanian prison experts’ participation in: training and practice stages, international conferences, seminars, colloquia, training courses, trans-national working groups, documentation activities; peace maintaining missions and missions for strengthening the rule of law; the board meetings of the international organizations which the NPA is a part of; meetings with various project partners. There were all the necessary undertakings for the prison administration experts’ participation in international events that were relevant for the Romanian prison system: - European Conference of Prison Administrations and Probation Directors – Finland; - meetings organized within the European Organization of Prison and Correctional Services (EuroPris), which the NPA is a board member of (Ireland, Belgium, Great Britain, Luxembourg and the General Annual Meeting in Finland); - annual meeting of the Director Generals of Prison Services, the Middle European Corrections Roundtable (MECR) – Czech Republic; - conference of the European Prison Training Academy Network (EPTAN) – Spain (the NAP has been a member of this network since 2010); 50 National Administration of Penitentiaries - plenary meeting of the Council for the Penological Cooperation (PC-CP) organized by the Council of Europe – France; - International Correctional and Prisons Association (ICPA): International and General Annual Meeting - Namibia, as well as the Steering Committee Meeting - Norway; - United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL); - CoE meetings on various topics: improving the detention conditions at the EU level – Germany; increasing the quality of drug addicts’ treatment – Bosnia and Herzegovina. 95 representatives from 17 countries (Belgium, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Jordan, Ireland, Italy, Libya, Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Moldavia, Spain and Serbia) were welcomed/accompanied/provided with consecutive interpretation. Welcoming foreign delegations Weolcoming foreing delegations 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Number of delegations 12 13 7 8 14 Countries involved in protocol activities 15 15 30 8 17 Number of invited people 61 66 175 54 95 The most important visits aimed at: organizing, in collaboration with the European Commission – DG Enlargement, within the TAIEX Programme, the study visit on to the NPA headquarters, Bucharest-Rahova Prison and Bucharest-Jilava Prison made by a 3member Serbian delegation during November 4th – 6th, 2014; organizing the EuroPris board meeting in Bucharest during October 7th – 8th, 2014. 9 prison system Directors General and former Directors General from Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway, including the Director General of the NAP, participated in the event. organizing the EPEA board meeting in March 2014. Developing cooperation relationships and opening windows on the future 4 signed cooperation agreements: - Cooperation Statement between the NPA and the General Prison Enforcement Direction in Bulgaria, signed on th September 26 , 2014; th - Cooperation Statement between the NPA and the Meridianos Association in Spain, signed on December 12 , 2014; - Cooperation Statement between the NPA and the E.P.E.A, signed on March 23rd 2014; th - Understanding Memorandum between Oradea Prison and Liberec Pre-trial Prison, signed on May 6 , 2014. 51 Activity report - 2014 Offering assistance for the development of the prison system in Libya The cooperation relationships with Libya in 2014: - The second activity within the Partnership Agreement signed by the Ministry of Justice – The Authority of the Judicial Police in Libya and NPA was carried out and it consisted of the transfer of best practices in detention security th th between the specialists in the two countries (February 16 – 28 ); - A representative of the Romanian prison system participated in the United Nations Support Mission in Libya as a th th prison security expert (April 6 – October 8 ). Offering assistance for the development of the prison system in the Republic of Moldavia Based on the Cooperation Protocol signed by the NAP and the Department of Prison Institutions in the Republic of Moldavia, three delegations from the Republic of Moldavia were involved in study visits to our country focused on an exchange of experience with the Romanian specialists. FINISHED PROJECTS FSE – POSDRU/96/6.2/S/60.000 Project: Life Behind Bars – www.viata-dupa-gratii.ro Period: 01.06.2011 – 31.05.2014 Budget: Ron 16,933,509.74 Partners: MLFSPE, NAP, Catalactica Association for Social Economic Development and Promotion, S.C. Technical Training S.R.L., Fedes Irecson, Global Commercium Development, Comune Di Padova - Settore Servizi Sociali (Italy), Irecoop Veneto (Italy), Instituto De Formacion Integral (Spain). Objective: facilitating inmates’ access to qualification and social re-entry Results in 2014: 32 employer awareness campaigns were organized. 1,500 inmates benefited from training (level 1 and level 2 qualification and re-qualification courses). 2 study visits to Italy were organized. 6 workshops were furnished/equipped - Bistriţa Prison - workshop for plumbing installations; - Poarta Albă Prison –workshop for growing vegetables; - Deva Prison – workshop for wood/PVC carpentry; - Vaslui Prison – workshop for building, brickwork and home furnishings, - Bucharest Jilava Prison – printing workshop; - Bucharest Rahova Prison – workshop for pelletizing). Vocational information/counselling was performed in order to provide career guiding to 1,562 inmates. The final project conference was organized. 52 National Administration of Penitentiaries FSE/POSDRU/70/6.2./S/33488 Project: Ex-detainees’ Return to the Labour Market and Their Re-entry into Society – www.suntemprodusulmediului.ro Period: 01.03.2011 – 28.02.2014 Budget: RON 14,005,228 Partners: NAP (Beneficiary), United Nation Development Programme, National School for Political and Administrative Studies, Timişoara West University, Job Training Regional Centrefor Adults in Călăraşi. Objective: former detainees’ re-entry into society by creating a network of social inclusion and by increasing their skills for alternative, environmentally-friendly crafts and by eliminating the society’s stereotypes and prejudice about inmates and exprisoners. Results in 2014: 483 prison guards were trained (communication technics and conflict resolution means; 341 prisoners were trained/qualified for growing animals, beekeeping and building; 4 regional seminars for promoting the project were organized; 3 meetings with employers were organized in order to promote prisoners’ social and professional reintegration after release; 100 billboards, 2 TV advertisements and 2 radio advertisements, 61 media articles and 2 short documentary films were created and broadcast throughout the prison system. FSE/POSDRU/18/1.2/G/40459 Project: Innovation and Competences in Master Programmes – an Applicable Perspective Oriented towards the Specific Needs of the Prison System Beneficiaries – www.cfsp.ro Period: 01.11.2011 – 30.04.2014 Budget: Ron 1,385,356 Partners: National School for Political and Administrative Studies and NAP Objective: developing a civil society and public policies Master Programme and a set of skills-oriented tools for ensuring job training quality, to meet the specific training requirements of the high educated prison employees. Target group: members of the university/faculty quality insurance boards – 25 people; members of the university/faculty management commissions/structures – 10 people; staff members of the social education partners – 7 people; students – 150 people; personnel involved in the development of university study programmes - 40 people. Results in 2014: 150 civil servants with a special status enrolled for the Civil Society and Public Policies Master Programme finished the st 1 academic year; On March 4th 2014, representatives of several public institutions in the field of defence, public order and national security attended a seminar on project dissemination that was organized at the NAP headquarters, where the quantitative and qualitative findings of the study on the impact of the Master Programme on beneficiaries, employees and the supplier were presented to the public; The project final conference was organized; Admission sessions for the Master Programme, 2014-2015 academic year, were organized during the post implementation period. 2012/104565 Project: Itinerary Dialogue ID - www.facebook.com/pages/SNLP-Itinerariu-Dialog-ID Project financed by the 2009 -2014 Norwegian Financial Mechanism within the Decent Work and Tripartite Dialogue Programme Buget: € 322,800 Period: 01.01.2013 – 31.12.2014 Partners: NUPW (applicant), Prison Staff Union in Norway (KDI), Norwegian Correctional Services Department, NPA, European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU). 53 Activity report - 2014 Obiective: developing the capacity for social dialogue between SNLP by designing, testing and disseminating an experienced model of social participative dialogue. Results (2014/104539 under contract): 129 participants in the 8 regional activities focused on social dialogue training; 119 participants in the regional project dissemination activities; 352 participants involved into social dialogue promotion; creating customized products for promoting project objectives/activities/results; organizing the first national meeting on promoting the social dialogue throughout the Romanian prison system th th, (November 16 – 19 2014) with the participation of the top management of NAP, BEx SNLP, prison governors, SNLP branch presidents, as well as other relevant institutional actors – 116 participants. ON-GOING PROJECTS The project applications and the annexed documentation for signing the contracts of the projects financed by 2009-2014 Norwegian Financial Mechanism, RO 23 Correctional Services, including sanctions non-depriving from liberty Programme – www.norwaygrants.anp.gov.ro were finalized in 2014. Strengthening the Capacity of the Prison System in the Area of Human Capital Development at the Prison Staff Level Budget: Euro 645,069 Strengthening the capacity of the prison system to provide prison staff with special training tools, job training courses, as well as adequate training facilities - The Human Resources Strategy was developed and approved. - A Training Needs Analysis Tool was created. Strengthening the Capacity of Bacau Prison for Minors and Juveniles to Comply with the Relevant International Human Rights Instruments Budget: Euro 3,127,355 Strengthening the capacity of Bacău Prison, in particular, and of the prison system, in general, to efficiently support minors and juveniles’ educational and psycho-social recovery by improving the educational, social and physical infrastructure of the detention area; by developing a special assistance programme and an integrated re-offending risk assessment tool in the case of minors and juveniles deprived of liberty in order to support their educational and psycho-social recovery; by improving the professional competence and knowledge of the prison staff working with this vulnerable group of inmates. - In 2014 the feasibility study was elaborated and, as a result, the project pre-eligibility clause was removed by the Financial Mechanism Office. Setting up an Eco–reintegration Mechanism for Inmates Budget: Euro 580,320 Strengthening the capacity of the prison system by facilitating former prisoners’ reintegration, by improving their competencies through qualification for the eco-construction and traditional crafts, as well as by raising public awareness of the need to involve society into ex-detainees’ reintegration to a higher extent. - 25 prison management staff members trained in implementing the human ecology concept, - 1 study visit to Norway, - 1awareness plan and 1 communications strategy developed. Establishing a Therapeutic Community Centre for Women in Gherla Prison Budget: Euro 1,232,437 Strengthening the capacity of Gherla Prison, in particular, and of the prison system, in general, to efficiently support female prisoners’ psycho-social recovery. 54 National Administration of Penitentiaries - The Documentation for Notifying the Investment List (DALI) was elaborated and the Building Services Contract for Changing the Carpentry Workshop to a Therapeutic Centre for Women – Gherla Prison was signed. The Clinic Protocol for Female Inmates Suffering from Depression was drawn up, going through the piloting stage at the moment. The Clinic Protocol for Female Inmates Suffering from Anxiety was drawn up, going through the piloting stage at the moment. POSDRU/165/6.2/S/142889 Project: ACCESS for Everybody – Disabled People’s Access to Employment and Services Budget: Ron 9,599,560 Promoting a package of effective measures for increasing the disabled individuals’ employment capacity; increasing the capacity of employment/social inclusion and delivering innovative measures to 720 disabled people - The Study on Measures for Increasing the Social Re-entry Chances of the Disabled People in the Romanian Prison System was elaborated. - The Social Policy Proposal to Increase Disabled People’s Chances of Labour and Social Re-entry was elaborated. JUST/2013/JPEN/AG/4554 Project: Suicide preventive system development in imprisonment places (project financed by the European Commission) Buget: Euro 217,274.99 Results in 2014: - 1 visit to Romania made by 5 specialists of the prison system in Latvia; - 2 NAP experts participated in a workshop in Riga. Reforma Sistemului Judiciar”- Componenta 3 – Court Information System (project financed by the World Bank) Total project budget: $130 mil. This component budget: $ 21,5 mil. Results in 2014: - The software for the ER&DR module was validated; - There were talks with the World Bank, DIPFIE within the Ministry of Justice with a view to extending the implementation period by 2 years; - Numerous undertakings addressed to the Ministry of Justice were performed in order to define the organization and operation of the data and support centres; at the end of 2014, it was decided that the Ministry of Justice would be the coordinator of the structure and a memorandum was drawn up to this respect. PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND PROGRAMMES Developing 7 new project applications in partnership; Developing an application and contracting a POCA- financed project; Organizing, in collaboration with EuroPris, the International Conference, General Meeting and EuroPris Board th th Meeting, in Bucharest, between June 7 -8 , 2015; Organizing, in collaboration with the Council of Europe and the National Probation Directorate, the Conference of th th Prison Systems and Probation Directors in Bucharest, between June 9 – 10 , 2015; Organizing, in collaboration with Meridianos, Spain, the Seminar on Academic Reflection, between September – October 2015. 55 56 Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Priorities Activity report - 2014 1.Initiating the implementation of integrated security, video surveillance and access control systems in the prisons in Satu Mare, Baia Mare, Bucharest Jilava and Bistriţa; 2.Adequately endowing the staff involved into guarding, supervising, escorting and intervention missions with specific equipment and means; 3.Continuing the purchase and endowment of all the staff with the new uniform. 4.Introducing and upgrading digital technologies necessary for providing the right to information and the right to consult private documents, the right to online communication, meetings; 5.Jamming/reducing the GSM signal in the NAP subordinated units in order to eliminate/reduce the possibility for inmates to illegally use mobile phones; 6.Implementing a videoconference hearing system for resolving civil cases, criminal cases (interrupting a prison sentence, appeal against the prison sentence, conditional release) and complaints made by prisoners according to Law no. 254/2013 with its subsequent amendments and completions; 7.Rehabilitating the protection rooms used for inmates’ temporary accommodation (Aiud, Arad, Colibaşi, Craiova, Focşani, Galaţi, Gherla, Giurgiu, Iaşi, Mărgineni, Miercurea Ciuc, Oradea, Slobozia, Târgşor, Tulcea, Bucharest-Jilava Hospital, Bucharest-Rahova Hospital, Colibaşi Hospital, Dej Hospital, Poarta Albă Hospital, Tg. Ocna Hospital); 8.Creating and implementing a joint procedure of the judiciary bodies and the prison units concerning the electronic transmission of subpoena and communication documents to prisoners; National Administration of Penitentiaries 9. Drafting, revising and promoting the penal execution normative documents; 10. Continuing the undertakings for simplifying the specific social re-entry documentation. 11. Reviewing the normative framework for inmates’ participation in regional /inter-prison activities and setting the selection and participation criteria. 12. Continuing to implement the Strategy for Reducing Aggressive Behaviours in the Prison Environment throughout the prison system; 13. Implementing the activities the National Administration of Penitentiaries and the subordinated units are liable for within The National Strategy for Inmates’ Social Reentry. 14. Finishing the standard tool for detainees’ activity assessment with a view to having them used by the commission for determining/changing the prison regime, as well as for the conditional release proposals; 15. Elaborating 2 normative acts to amend Law 95/2006 on healthcare reform and its subsequent acts in order to have the prison specificity integrated into the public health legislation; 16. Elaborating and approving the study on the impact of environmental factors on detainees’ health with a view to performing a diagnosis on life quality under prison conditions; 17. Testing and evaluating new coming prisoners in order to determine the incidence and prevalence of medical, dental and infectious - contagious diseases with a major impact on the health of the prison population; 18. Resizing the existing structures based on criteria for determining the necessary number of staff members for each activity fields; 19. Changing and completing the Deontological Code; 20. Completing the Career Guide of the civil servants with a special status; 21. Developing a standard tool for analyzing job training needs; 22. Setting up the National Prison Administration Institute - identifying funding sources; 23. Modernizing the training system provided by the educational institutions that train prison staff – Designing an assessment/analysis system/tool for career development and employment of educational institution graduates; 24. Applying behavioural profiling tool for career guidance; 57 Activity report - 2014 25. Improving organizational communication – developing tools for measuring staff satisfaction degree of organizational communication; 26. Finishing the implementation of the project entitled Integrated Information System for Managing Health Care in Prisons; 27. Implementing of the online prisoner hearing by courts of justice in 15 prisons; 28. Developing two new modules of the integrated PMSWeb computer application: o Standard tool for assessing the inmate’s progress in the prison environment and crime risk with a view to determining/changing the prison regime and making conditional release proposals; o Applying the Credit System in the detention centres; 29. Implementing a Telemedicine nucleus in Dej Prison for Oradea Prison; 30. Developing a non-reimbursable externally-funded application within the POCA Programme, IT&C section, for the project Strengthening the administrative capacity of the prison system, enhancing the accountability and transparency, as well as improving the IT judicial infrastructure, as part of the NAP Digital Agenda 2015-2020; 31. Developing the CTPD IT infrastructure in order to create the necessary tools for performing proper prevention and providing the CTPD staff with the necessary specific means; 32. Elaborating studies on raising the awareness of and on training civil servants with a special status in order to reduce the level of propensity to crime within the prison system. 33. Inter-institutional collaboration with RIS with a view to strengthening the CTPD organizational framework in order to make its specific activity more efficient 34. Organizing, in collaboration with EuroPris, the International Conference, the General Meeting and EuroPris Board Meeting at Bucharest between June 7 th – June 8th; 35. Organizing, in cooperation with the Council of Europe and the National Probation Directorate, the Conference of Prison and Probation Directors in Bucharest between June 9th – June 10th; 36. Accrediting the staff psychologists employed by the prison units at the College of Psychologists in Romania, as branches of Staff Psychology Department; 37. Implementing the investment list by continuing/starting work on various constructions and capital repairs 38. Procuring special transport means 58 National Administration of Penitentiaries Abbreviations: ACA – American Correctional Association; CTPD – Crime and Terrorism Prevention Directorate; CV – Curriculum Vitae; DC – Detention Centre; EC – Educational Centre; ECHT – European Court of Human Rights; EGO – Emergency Government Ordinance; EPC – European Probation Centre; EPEA – European Prison Education Association; EU – European Union; GO – Government Ordinance; GPS – Global Positioning System; HIH – Health Insurance House; HIV – Human Imunodeficiency Virus; ICPA – International Correctional and Prisons Association; L – Law; MA – Managing Authority; MECR – Middle European Corrections Roundtable; MJ – Ministry of Justice; MJO – Ministry of Justice Order; MLFSPE – Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly; MPFO – Ministry of Public Finances Order; NAP – National Administration of Penitentiaries; NPD – National Probation Directorate; NTSJPO – National Training School for Junior Prison Officers; NUPW – National Union of Prison Workers; PH – Prison hospital; POCA – Operational Programme for Developing the Administrative Capacity; RC – Re-education Centre; RIS – Romanian Information Service; TB – Tuberculosis; TB-PIU – Tuberculosis Projects Implementation Unit; TETRA – Terrestrial Trunked Radio; UMF – University of Medicine and Pharmacy; UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; VAT – Value Added Tax 59 Content INTRODUCTION 1 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 2 PRISON SECURITY AND REGIME 3 SOCIAL REINTEGRATION 21 PRISON STAFF 29 JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE 35 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 37 BUDGET 40 PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION 43 COMMUNICATION. THE PRISON – SOCIETY RELATIONSHIP 44 PREVENTION, MONITORING AND CONTROL 45 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 49 PRIORITIES 2015 56 National Administration of Penitentiaries 61