Rreport on the visit to the penitentiary of Târgu Jiu
On the date of July 4-th, 2002, two representatives of APADOR-CH visited the penitentiary of Târgu Jiu.
1. General situation
As of March this year, the logistics supervisor was appointed interim manager of the penitentiary, to replace the ex-manager (a magistrate).
At the time of the visit, in the penitentiary there were 1251 detainees, placed in 892 beds (the normal capacity is of 500 beds). Out of the total number, 169 detainees were in custody (127 being convicted in court of first instance), 1072 were convicted with a final sentence and 10 were offenders. In the penitentiary there were 21 underage and 53 women. The overall number of the staff of the "operative" unit is 175, which means an officer for 7-8 detainees.
383 detainees were at work (253 paid work, on contract, 58 for work within the penitentiary and 72 to GAZ). 40 detainees were at “community work" (groups of 20 at the unit church and at the village museum). By GAZ, the penitentiary is supplied with all the necessary basic food products, the uint being able to provide even other penitentiaries with its surplus of products.
Since 1998, the penitentiary has taken over and arranged a former amunition warehouse as a semi-open unit (120 places), in the locality of Pojogeni, at about 20 kms from Targu Jiu. Because the GDP and the Ministry of Justice have not yet finalized the new regulations concerning the semi-open detention regime, the penitentiary cannot open the new unit. In order to diminish the overcrowd in the penitentiary, the Pojogeni unit could be opened any time, since the last necessary arrangements can be done later on (the control point, the visit room, the administrative wing and the second reserve water well, in value of about 3-4 billion lei)
As compared to the previous visit, in March 2000, the representatives of the Association ascertained an improvement in the mentality of the penitentiary executives regarding the disciplinary requirements imposed to the detainees. According to the penitentiary commander, the punishment of even the most insignificant conflicts between the detainees and the officers was given up. The executive board required the operative staff, especially the supervisors, to show more understanding in their relationship with the detainees. "After the work program the officers go home, while the detainees remain in prison, for years and years, sometimes in very hard conditions", explained the comander referring to the logic of the new mentality. During the last visit, the representatives of APADOR-CH were unpleasantly impressed with the toughness with which the most insignificant "disrespectful" attitudes of the detainees towards the officers and unlisted officers were treated. For the present executive board, the case of detainee Marian Damian, mentioned in the previous report, seems to have remained a regrettable one. (When he was passing by a vegetable trolley in the penitentiary's yard, the detainee took a cabbage. An unlisted officer intervened and asked him to put the cabbage back. Because Damian refused to do so, the unlisted officer came to him and tried to take the cabbage from his hands, moment in which the detainee pushed him. For this, Damian received 10 days of isolation, 3 months of restrictive detention regime and the Court, informed by the penitentiary's executive board, convicted him to 5 years and a half for outrage and… robbery).
The use of chains was forbidden by the commander of the unit, although a former provision of the GDP of year 2000 is still in force, permitting this. APADOR-CH asks again the board of the GDP to cancel this provision, which infringes the standards adopted by UN, by the Council of Europe and addopted by the Romanian state also. According to the commander, the use of handcuffs was forbidden during the daily walk of the detinees considered dangerous (the handcuffs are now used only in special cases, when some of the dangerous detainees are taken to report or to the infirmery).
"Dangerous" are considered only the detainees that require such a classification, according to their behavior in the penitentiary of Targu Jiu. When the detainees come from police stations or from other penitentiaries and are already included in this category, the unit checks only if the personal file of each detainee contains enough proof for this labelling. A positive fact is that part of the detainees so-called dangerous are put in normal rooms, together with detainees that are not included in this category. Periodically, the situation of all the dangerous detainees is reassesed by the executive board.
The detainees for whom the commander initiated disciplinary proceedings are heard with no exception by the disciplinary commission, in spite of the punishment that is planned to be applied to them. It is important to outline the fact that there are cases for which the commander is requiring the officers to show better understanding in their relationship with the detainees, instead of initiating the disciplinary proceedings. The impression left during the visit in the detention rooms is that such an attitude favors more relaxed relationships between the detainees and the officers, without jeopardizing order and discipline. The committee for release on parole analyses more carefully the situation of the detainees who have done the minimum, mandatory part of their sentence, but have one or more "incident reports" (as a rule, a single "incident report" is not taken into account, and for the rest the option is for delays as little as possible). In Targu Jiu they do not have the measure - constantly criticized in other penitentiaries by the representantives of the Association - of "isolation"; that is , "to isolate" the detainees to whom the disciplinary sanction of isolation is to be applied, by putting them, in anticipation, in the punishment solitary. "The isolation from the group" is understood in a normal way, as a separation from the group where the conflict took place and that period is not added to the punishment. The disciplinary measure of "isolation" is taken only after the decision of the disciplinary commission remains final and after the doctor establishes that the respective detainee is able to execute such a punishment.
The persons in custody are allowed to wear their own clothes. The representatives of the Association noticed a very good practice existing in several other penitentiaries namely to allow most of the detainnes (sometimes even all of them) to wear civilian clothes, especially the underage and those who get out in public or at visit time (in this case, especially when they are visited by children). The commander ensured that the executive board shall analyse the posibility of implementing the same practice in Targu Jiu penitentiary.
In Targu Jiu as well, the papers drawn up during the disciplinary proceedures are kept separately from those that are in the personal file of detainees and do not accompany the detainee when transferred to another penitentiary. The circumstances of cases of misconduct of a detainee, whether he/she was heard by the disciplinary commission or not, wheteher he/she had the possibility to defend himself/herself or to challenge the sanction applied to him/her, are all relevant matters when penitentiary or legal authorities, lawyers of the detainees or non-governmental organizations are interested in the disciplinary or legal situation of a detainee. APADOR-CH asks the GDP to modify order no.2963 of 15.12.1999 in the sense of attaching to the penitentiary file of each detainee all the documents drawn up on the occasion of his/her punishment for having breached the internal rules, no matter what the nature of the sanction may be. The entire file should accompany the detainee during his/her transfer to other penitentiaries. The Association agrees that, in case of very serious misconducts (concrete actions undertaken by one or more detainees in order to escape from prison, to take hostages or to attack some of the officers or other detainees), the informers should be protected by the crossing of their names and/or of some parts of the written statements which could lead to their identification. Nevertheless all the documents should be in the file and be accessible first to the detainee and also to any other person/organization authorized by him.
According to the specifications made by the executive board, the election of the room representative is left to the detainees, the board does only decide on a number of general requirements that a detainee has to meet in order to be eligible for such a position. It was also specified that the rooms representatives neither have additional obligations nor rights (not even that of an extra phone call a month, received automatically, rule which is widely used in other penitentiaries). In the unit, there are cases when the detainees denounce the abusive behavior of some of their room mates. The commander specified that the officers pay due attention to such cases.
The representatives of the Association asked about Nelu Balasoiu's case, an 18 years old young man, who died in the penitentiary hospital of Jilava, on June 5-th, 2002 after he had been previously detained for several weeks in police custody in Targu Carbunesti and in the penitentiary of Targu Jiu (see the separate report drawn up after the investigation of this case).
2. The visit to the penitentiary
In the penitentiary yard, the representatives of the association met detainee Constantin Balanescu - "a retired engineer" - as he introduced himself - who complained that two months ago he was beaten up by the representative of room 28 and that, although he laid complaint at the Prosecutor's office and with the executive board, no measure was taken.
2.1 As compared to its previous visit, APADOR-CH noticed that progress had been made regarding the possiblity of the detainees to make phone calls, by installing public phones in a separate room. However, at least one supervisor remains in the room, which means that, even only partialy, he can hear what the detainees talk about. Since there is no danger of escape, the association insists that all the supervisors that come with the detainees to the phone should remain at a distance which allows them to see the detainees but not to hear them talking. The detainees who have a phone card can make 4 phone calls a month, plus - if it is necessary - an extra phone call to the family. Transfer of the phone card between the detainees is allowed. It is also important to mention that at the visit section there is another public phone for the exclusive use of women detainees.
2.2 The food ward
The building of the food ward was in a good condition, like at the previous visit, and the equipment is generally appropriate (the GDP should help with the buying of a new potatoe peeling machine).
On the visit day, the detainees had stew with meat for everybody for breakfast, beans soup and pilaff with meat for lunch and cookies, margarine, jam and tea for dinner; for diet (151 detainees, 3 of whom with diabetes), potatoe stew with meat, cheese and tea for breakfast, peasant soup and vegetables stew with meat for lunch, jam, cookies and milk for dinner. The food looked generally nice. For the second dish (for lunch) there was too little meat and a lot of lard; only the diet dishes had meat. The representatives of the Association remarked that for lunch, the quantity of meat was smaller than the one mentioned in the books for the respective meal (33 kg of pork meat). For the entire day, they took out from the warehouse 67.2 kg of pork meat, 22.2 kg of byproducts and 53.5 kg of lard. According to the officers, the GDP decided on cutting down the meat ratio from 100 to 70/gr per detainee per day. The Association asks the GDP for explanations, the more so as most of the penitentiaries have their own animal farms (generally pigs) and the administrations have specified repeatedly that they can cover the necessary amount of meat for the detainees. The dish washing room was properly equiped, was clean and had the necessary hot water.
2.3 Detention facilities
Room 23, with "dangerous" detainees, had 15 beds and 14 detainees. As compared to the previous visit, the representatives of APADOR-CH noticed an improvement of the detention conditions of the "dangerous" detainees, improvement that reduced to a great extent the dissatisfaction of the detainees. In the room, there is a TV set that the detainees can watch practically all day long. The daily exercise takes between half an hour and an hour (from Monday to Thursday, for Friday and Saturday there is an "administrative program"). On Tuesdays and on Thursdays the detainees have about two hours of sport activities and on two other days of the week they go to the club, for cultural-recreative activities (recently they have participated in several general knowledge contests organized by the cultural-educative department). The detainees said that they found the food generally good and that they were not discontent with the detention conditions and with the officers' behavior. The penitentiary provides them with razor blades, shaving foam, toilet paper, tooth brushes and tooth paste, monthly. They can make phone calls four times a month and each time there is a special occasion. When the weather is hot, the door of the room is kept wide open, which makes the atmosphere in the room acceptable enough, especially that, due to the construction of the building, the door of the room opens directly to the yard. The lavatory consists of a cabin with standing water closets and with a sink provided with a mirror, and it is placed inside the room.
In room 33, with "dangerous" detainees also, there were 15 detainees in 15 beds. The detainees from this room are taken out for exercise together with those from room 32, the unit responding thus to the demand that they formulated on the occasion of the previous visit of the Association's representatives. The condition in the room has significantly improved since the year 2002. In this room, the door is also open on hot weather, and sometimes even during the night. The shower is on Fridays, and on Saturdays and on Sundays administrative and recreative activities take place (readings, remmy games, chess, etc). At the TV set they can watch the broadcastings of Antena 1, TVR 1, TVR 2 and those of the local TV station. The lavatory has a also a cabin with standing water closets and a sink with a mirror, inside the room. The detainees from this room did also attend the general knowledge contests and a football - tennis championship, on the occasion of the Penitentiary's Day (June 29-th). The relationship with the officers and, in general, the detention conditions was considered as satisfactory.
Detainee Constantin Dimant complained that, from the time he was in Jilava, a "minute" appeared in his file, dated May 8-th, 2002, showing that he had an attempted escape. He strongly denied having had such an intention and the unit representatives promised to clarify the situation.
The commander's deputy for guard mentioned to the representatives of the Association that in a short time, he would install body building equipment in the closed area in front of the two rooms with "dangerous" detainees that they can use any time they want.
The room 30, the punishment solitary, was rearranged after the visit of APADOR-CH two years ago, in the sense that, from two very narrow and uncomfortable rooms, a single room was set up. 3 detainees were in isolation (placed in 3 beds), all of them having to execute a 5 day term. From among them, only Ion Visu, 55 years old (convicted for one year in prison for perjury), was somehow discontent with the punishment received, in the sense that he considered it too severe for what actually happened, namely a misunderstanding with the GAZ unlisted-officer. Since it was not very clear why exactly he did not challenge the measure taken by the disciplinary commission, the commander specified that he would receive the detainee on report. The room has a standing water closet (a doorless cabin) and a sink. The unit doctor sees the detainees daily and the exercise time is from Monday to Thursday for about 30-45 minutes.
In room 31 there were 3 beds and 3 detainees on hunger strike (all of them being discontent with the sentences of the courts). The room is as narrow as it was two years ago (like the solitarys were before they were rearranged). The lavatory had a standing water closet and a sink. The detainees asked for their door to be left opened, on hot weather, for a longer time.
Room number 3, with first time offenders, was one of the most overcrowd in the unit (47 beds for 63 men, and sometimes the overcrowd was even bigger, the 47 beds being used by 70 or even 80 detainees). The air in the room was almost unbreathable, both because of the heat and of the overcrowd, but also because of the fact that, for about one year, the windows of the rooms placed on one side of the penitentiary were covered with plate pannels. The explanation was that the respective side of the room is close to the block of flats near the unit and thus, with the “civilians’ ” help, the detainees could receive various objects and products. The representatives of the Association did not contest the lawfulness of this measure, but they considered that this solution was not the most appropriate one, since the plate pannels almost suffocate the detainees of that room. A possible suggestion would be that the pannels should be placed at a distance of one meter or more from the windows or that they should be replaced by metalic grid (which would allow the air to come in, but not the objects that the detainees are supposed to receive from the "civilians"). The lavatory, a separate room, had 3 cabins with standing water closets, 2 showers and 3 sinks with mirror. From the discussions with several detainees, it came out that there are no situations in which their colleagues, the rooms' representatives included, abused in any way other detainees (to hit them, to take their food or other object). Most of the detainees complained about the quality of the medical assistance, especially about the uneffectiveness of the treatments that they receive. Detainees Ion Badea and Gheorghe Alin Baca had very serious skin infections (the former at the feet and the later on the face), although they were seen by the doctor and they followed the treatment prescribed. In the room, there are bugs and lice. The detainees can make a phone call a week (according to an easier procedure than in other penitentiaries) and those who do not have a phone card are allowed to borrow one from their colleagues. The room is provided with a TV set, that the detainees can watch practically all day long, but they can also play remmy games, chess, they can read books and newspapers. For about two weeks, the daily exercise (from Monday to Thursday) was reduced to about 30 minutes. "For quarantine reasons", the officers explanied, because they discovered somebody with hepatitis. APADOR-CH does not understand the reduction of the exercise time, since the detainees from every room are taken out for exercise separately from the others and thus there is no risk of contamination.
The room number 12, with first time offenders, was also crowded - 37 beds and 62 detainees. The overcrowd and the short time for the daily exercise, of about 30 minutes, from Monday to Thursday, are the only dissatisfactions of the detainees regarding the detention conditions. They are content with the behavior of the officers, with the attention they are paid, including by the commander of the penitentiary, with the fact that the socio-cultural department organizes interesting activities for them, which fill their spare time. Since for this room the problem of the quarantine did not arise, APADOR-CH strongly believes that the reduction of the exercise time to 30 minutes is based only on the GDP order of April 2002, which makes the daily exercise obligatory for the detainees, but reduces its duration to 30 minutes.
The underage from room number 20 (18 beds and 20 persons) were out for exercise in the yard. Some of them attend reading and writing courses and others attend the V-VIII grades. All of them expressed their interest in the health education courses that are organized by the cultural-educative department together with the medical one. The representatives of the Association remarked that the underage should be allowed to go to the visits in their own clothes and the deputy commander for guard promised to convey this request to the unit management. The underage said that they were generally content with the quality of the food and with the behavior of the officers.
The women's unit has 4 rooms (53 women detainees). Room number 8 was overcrowded - 10 beds and 20 women detainees. The women detainees go out for exercise every day from Monday till Friday, for about 45-60 minutes (on Saturday an administrative program is planned). Although the desinfestation takes place almost monthly, however in the room there are bugs. On the visit day, 5 women detainees had been out to the club, to the tailoring course. For the women detainees from the room, they also organize embroidery lessons and legislative education courses ("educolex"). Shortly, they will be used for GAZ works. As for the windows of the room, 8 of them had metallic boards, which prevent the air from coming in the room (on hot weather, the door remains open, but the overcrowd and the plate pannels from the windows make the atmosphere almost unbearable). The women detainees receive tooth paste, soap, toilet paper, cotton wool and detergent monthly. For the visits, they are obliged to wear the clothes from the penitentiary. The commander of the unit ensured us that in a short time the women will be allowed to wear their own clothes for the visits. The lavatory has a water closet, a shower (separated from the room) and a sink with mirror, placed inside the room. Elena Natalia Holba had insistently asked to be helped to move to the penitentiary of Timisoara, because her mother, Natalia Topolinschi, 84 years old, who lives in the village Pojejena of Caras Severin, has cancer and is blind, and thus it is impossible for her to come and visit her in Targu Jiu. She had received her final conviction a month ago, and three weeks ago she had made a written petition at the GDP, but she still did not receive an answer (from the discussion in the room, it did not come out clearly if the detainee had other "judicial problems" at the instances from Gorj county or not).
In the room assigned to the accomodation of the women detainees who work for the officers' mess there were 10 beds and only 4 women detainees, the explanation being that the staff who works for the food ward and for the officers' mess has a special regime as far as the medical exams are concerned. Because in the women's unit overcrowd is a very serious problem too (the most obvious example is that of room number 8), the representatives of APADOR-CH suggested the transfer into this room of other women who could thus be submitted to the hygene-sanitary regim that applies to those who work for the officers' mess. The executive board of the unit considered this proposal as good and ensured us that it would be put into practice immediately.
2.4 The socio-educative department
The department organized several painting exhibitions in the city (three, in the last seven months) with the works of detainees Daniel Pala and Alin Coltescu and with a book launch (fairy tales) of detainee Daniel Penea. The presence and the works of the detainees were well-received by the audience. We should also outline the fact that the security was ensured by officers in plain clothes and that no incident took place. Daniel Pala came to Targu Jiu from Bacau, where he was considered to be a "dangerous" detainee and, despite all this, the executive board of the unit did not hesitate to trust him to the point of letting him participte in this event so-well appreciated by the audience and so honorable for the penitentiary.
9 persons work in the socio-educative department, one being a psychologist, one Orthodox priest and one technician.
As part of the program "Active club" there are courses organized for the training of 20 detainees for jobs such as tailor (men and women), car mechanic and zootechnician. After the courses end, the 20 detainees will train other groups of detainees (the selection of the 20 future trainers was made by taking into account the training and the skills that they have, and not the deeds that they committed or their behavior in the penitentiary).
The unit pays special attention to the activities with the underage. The legislative education programs ("educolex") and the civic education lessons ("the formation of a good citizen") are organized with them. On the Saint Apostles Petru and Pavel Day (the Penitentiaries’ Day), on the Women's Day and for the celebration of Mihai Eminescu's birthday several performances with the underage were staged, including sketches (theatre therapy). The representatives of the Metropolitan Church of Oltenia organized a dialogue with the underage, which was broadcasted live on the local TV station (this station broadcasts about 10-12 hours a day, especially movies, and the detainees may watch it, like any other TV station at will). The psychologist made tests for the underage (originality, creativity) and organized individual and group therapy for these detainees, but also for the young ones (18-21 years old). Due to the psychologist's contribution, a detainee (Popete) was removed from the category "dangerous detainees" and other two detainees from the same category are in the psychological evaluation stage. The department develops the program called "Difficult", meant for the detainees with behavior problems and for the maintenance and development of the relationships between the detainees and their families and the community. In the case of the detainees who are not visited, the compartment supports them, including by trying to provide them material help.
The department co-operated with the Zonal Center for Adult Education (a territorial body of the Ministry of Culture and Cults), which organized debates and counseling for the women detainees, about once a month. There is also a partnership with the University Constantin Brancusi and the University of Jiul de Jos, which consists mainly of the involvement of about 120 students in the "educolex" programs and in the internship that they undergo in the department.
Apart form the court of Targu Jiu, the Probation Service was set up, with only two employees right now. The two counsellors come frequently enough to the unit and are particularly interested in getting informed on the most special cases of detainees who, after their release, do not have the least opportunity of social reinsertion. It is notable that last year, thanks to the Probation Service, 8 detainees who did not have any perspective after release were eventually employed. Together with the Christian - Orthodox Association "Pro Vita", the penitentiary is about to sign an agreement according to which, with the support of the County Labour Directorate, they will organize other training courses for the detainees (including cosmetics for women) and try to find jobs for other released detainees. Although remarkable progress was made in the area of the socio-educative activity, APADOR-CH considers that the officers should be more "present" in the detainees' life, should go to the rooms (all the activities take place at the club) and talk with as many detainees as possible.
2.5 The visits sector
Recently, inside this sector, a few improvements and rearrangements have been made for better functionning, such as painting the walls and fixing of grit stone and faience. The visit space can accomodate 8 visits simultaneously (1 in the cabin, 5 normal visits and 2 at table). When there are more visitors, tables can be put in the yard and when the weather is bad, the officers' club is at their disposal. Due to the construction, the visit room allows the detainees to see the content of the parcels that they receive.
In Targu Jiu too, the management asked the detainees what they think about about the opening of their own shop, from which they could buy food, sweets, refreshments, cigarettes and other things. The result was positive, the penitentiary has already arranged the necessary space and in short time a public auction is to be organized for it. However, the representatives of the penitentiary as well as those of the Association, said that the best solution is to open a shop, but also to preserve the current system of receiving parcels from home.
2.6 The medical ward
The wad has 2 general practitioners, 1 denist, 9 nurses, from among whom one technician and a pharmacist. The representatives of APADOR-CH met exactly the same situation that existed two years ago, namely the two general practitioners - whose first and last concern should be the detainees - devote 1, 3 or even 5 hours a day to the officers (about 240, plus the members of their families), to the Court staff and to the Local Prosecutor's officer (about 250 persons), and meanwhile they are also family doctors. Even if the doctor who was present and with whom the representatives of the Association discussed mentioned that the officers are seen only for emergencies, in the morning, it is obvious that the overwork that the doctors are submitted to seriously impacts the quality of the medical examination (two doctors have to deal with almost 1,300 detainees plus other 500 persons; the average number of detainees that a doctors sees daily is of 70-100 persons). According to the doctor there, the dentist sees the officers only on Friday afternoon. The penitentiary has a good co-operation with the county hospital of Gorj.
The representatives of APADOR-CH were interested in how the medical service of the penitentiary treated the case of Nelu Balasoiu, the young man who was put into the penitentiary hospital of Jilava on June 4-th, at 16.10 hours, as he came from the penitentiary of Targu Jiu and who died the following morning, at 10.20 hours. The conclusion of the Association's representatives was that there is a large amount of data which indicates a certain guilt of the medical service (see the Association's report drawn up after the invetigation of this case).
The representatives of the Association asked every penitentiary what happens when some detainees are transferred from police custody to the penitentiaries, if they show signs of violence or if they confessed that they were beaten. The answer was that there were no such situations, but in case they existed, the signs (or the statements) would be written down in the medical record or, on the contrary, the detainee would not be accepted in the penitentiary.. The doctor of Targu Jiu showed to the representatives of the Association only one medical record which mentioned "he declares he was beaten in police custody", dated June 11-th, 2002, so after the scandal over detainee Nelu Balasoiu. APADOR-CH asks the GDP to analyse the possibility of applying sanctions to the medical staff from the penitentiaries who do not register in the medical records the statements of the detainees that are transferred from police custody (or the signs indicating mistreatment). The tendency of covering up the abuses of the police is the result of a "professional solidarity", a reminder of the times when the GDP was in the subordination of the Ministry of the Interior.
2.7 The lavatory of the unit
The lavatory has 25 showers and seems to be in good condition (no dank, provided with faience and grit stone, etc). From among the 34 detention rooms, only a few are provided with showers, the majority of the detainees using the lavatory of the unit.
3. Conclusions
APADOR-CH realizes that, as compared to what they noticed during the previous visit, the situation in the penitentiary was slightly improved (the detention conditions for the "dangerous" detainees and for the isolation area, the mentality of the management regarding the way in which the minor misconducts of the detainees are treated, etc). The commander of the unit and the other officials of the penitentiary are knowledgeable of the situation in the penitentiary, of the problems, very often personal, of the detainees, which led to a significant improvement of the state of mind of the detainees.
Given the serious overcrowd of Targu Jiu, APADOR-CH asks the GDP to step up the process of elaboration of the new provisions for the semi-open units, as it is impossible for the penitentiary to open the Pojogeni unit by then. Still in order to minimize the overcrowd, the management unit indends to build penthouses for two buildings of the unit, where the administrative unit is supposed to move and the spaces that this one occupies presently would be arranged for detention (about 150-200 places). APADOR-CH asks the GDP to analyse with due attention the possibility of financing the penitentiary for an investment valued at about 6-7 billion ROL (the penthouses and the finalization of the pending works at Pojogeni unit). The Association also asks the board of the GDP to analyse the possibility of hiring a third general practitioner, since it is obvious that the two present ones cannot cope with the present demands, in a satisfactory way. At the same time, the penitentiary officials should demand from the doctors to treat only the detainees and the emergeancies from among the officers during their work hours.
APADOR-CH asks the GDP to analyse the responsabilities that should rests with the penitentiary regarding the superficial or blamable treatment of the case of detainee Nelu Balasoiu.
It is necessary that the penitentiary should find as soon as possible another solution for the rooms facing the blocks of flats near the unit than that of the plate pannels placed at the windows of. It is also necessary that the penitentiary officials analyse all the possibilities of extending, to at least one hour, the program of daily exercise, even if the unit has only one yard for exercise and the groups of detainees are big enough.
The association asks the GDP to analyse carefully the application for transfer of detainee Elena Natalia Holba.
Manuela Ştefănescu
Valerian Stan