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First mentioned as a place of detention, dates from 1786.\n Until 1880, the prison functioned as prison sentences for serious performance, both by men and by women, as a result of convictions imposed by the courts in the county.\n On 1 September 1880, prison is prison said District, during which it approved construction of a new wing, known today as \"Zarca\" was completed in 1882. The pavilion was built during the 1889-1892 \"new cell phone, which currently remains in the main body of the prison building, containing 312 cells.\n Prison architecture is heterogeneous, the main building \"new cell phone, was built in Victorian style, the other two buildings were built in the characteristic style of the barracks from the beginning of last century.\n Currently, the prison regime Aiud is a maximum security unit. In order to re-socialization of prisoners, increasing the chances of social reintegration, to maintain physical and mental tone is conducting a number of psycho-social a

Do not know the first documentary attestation of the existence of a place where prisoners were kept, but in the \"Annals of the Kingdom of Hungary\" Pray's P. Gheorghe Doja is recorded that the captains of the 41 were jailed in its bastion 1 under the name The Bastion of Arad.\n It seems that the prison functioned Arad Palace of Justice building. In the monograph of Arad in 1939, states that work on the ground floor townhouse Arad from the right side of the Palace of Justice, located on King Boulevard Carol I no.38.\n By decision no. 673/1963 of the Ministry of Justice were all grouped in four prisons inspectorate, Prison Inspectorate Arad I degree being passed as \"harsh sentence prison.\"\n Prison in Arad, has worked in the building of the Palace of Justice until 1964 when by order of the General Secretariat of the PCR Was moved to the Military School for WOs Gai precinct where he worked until 1970, when he was moved to the actual location of the polling area. Outer sections of the curren

Coliba?i Prison is located 15 km northeast of the city of Pitesti, Arges county in the south of Pitesti, Automobile Dacia plant near - Renault SA.\n Coliba?i Penitentiary was established by Order No. Z 0721122 and has functioned as a department on 04/01/1967 Pitesti Prison. Decree Law no. 225/16.07.1977 on the reorganization of the prison, Prison Department Coliba?i Pitesti is abolished, and archive a part of the unit being moved to prison Ramnicu Valcea. On 01.04.1980 the reinstatement of the prison Coliba?i County Prison.

Prison is a prison Bacau category I and serves counties of Bacau and Neamt, taking people remanded in custody and sentenced by a final sentence to 10 years, nerecidivi?ti of both sexes.\nFrom the data we have, the current prison where he moved in 1885 still exists in the area where he was a military unit, evidence for this being the style and architecture of buildings, similar to the military construction adjacent to the place of detention .\n At first, the place of detention had four buildings to accommodate prisoners for body building and other construction related AP. The four buildings which had space to accommodate 143 inmates.\nThe constructions and subsequent increased accommodation capacity, so that in 1971 it was 770 seats.\n However, much of the number of inmates are included in the socio-educational programs aimed at: adaptation to institutional life, moral support, behavioral rehabilitation and fostering respect for oneself and for others, development of means of expression and commu

The building in which the prison was built in 1852. In 1865, she was purchased by the city and turned into a prison, and thus be brought together four prisons existing until then, the area of Oradea.\n In 1977, the prison was closed, various public agencies operating in the building until 1983, when he resumed work. In time, they realized sewerage and water supply, heating systems, medical clinics have been built, club, classrooms, food unit and a chapel for the prisoners was arranged. He also built a modern agro-livestock sector.

Between 1981-1988 worked \"retention department Bistrita\" belonging Gherla Penitentiary. During this period consisted of two buildings department to hold a capacity of 750 seats and where inmates were housed permanently and nerecidivi?ti recidivists, with convictions to 10 years, fit for work. In 1988, following the decrees of amnesty and pardon of imprisonment, the Department was abolished Bistrita, BN IPJ still remaining until 1991 when, by order MJ No. 91 / C, dated 01.05.1991 was founded Prison Bistrita.\n Architecture is a common, specific conditions of detention and the Transylvania area (for administrative areas).

The first documentary of a \"prison\" we find the land of Botosani in 1832, then in 1879, on March 8, Hall purchased a boyar Botosani, with \"all dependencies\" which functioned as a prison and penitentiary until 1964. Following the Council of Ministers Decision of 30 December 1956, was ordered by the prison takeover Botosani Suceava flock former prison, and with effect from 11.5.1960, the majority of political prisoners who come from the ranks of the traditional parties were concentrated at the prison in Botosani.\n Existing prison buildings are the result of engineering works strictly functional. The only flag which dated from 1899 was demolished building at the site is holding a new pavilion with two floors.\n Profile unit is a custody inmates with sentences of up to 10 years, serving the courts of Botosani and Suceava county radius. Average number of inmates housed in prison Botosani is over 1100, with a total of 247 frames.

In 1832 a prison was built, required that police custody due to the increased number of criminals.\n In 1905, further improvements are made to the prison which is fully reviewed and declared in prison, being used as police arrest and detention as a county.\n In 1977, Prison Braila is abolished, then in 1983, by Decree no. 130/1983, to re-establish.\n Educational strategy is embodied in the specific activities included in the weekly programs that provide information and education for prisoners and family life, through education and culture, health education, legal and religious education, improving education, general education, vocational training, compliance with the legal framework for ownership and maintenance of order and discipline.

Codlea Penitentiary was established in May of 1953 through the abolition of Brasov, where 286 prisoners were taken.\n The unit was installed in the building of the former sausage factory that belonged to Enterprise Industrial District \"Georgi Dimitrov\" Codlea and offices were set up in private homes belonging called Hordocher Roxa, Totler John, Emil and Borcher Totler Augustine.\n Prison is currently located on the same site in Station Street No.12.\n Initially, the sausage factory has been transformed in the retention, at that time having 267 beds installed. This operating divisions II, III and IV, including food block.\n Top modernize buildings was in 1967 when he launched the construction of a new food unit, a bread oven, an annex for conscripts-tion, food storage areas, indoor production hall, central heating, repair shops, warehouses, garages, solariums, medical offices have been modernized and GAZ. Since 1978 the second phase of modernization of the prison.In 1997 it put into

Maximum Security Prison Rahova Bucharest is located 8 km from downtown, on the road to Alexandria. Its construction began in 1991 on the site of the old prison which operated at a capacity of 2250 persons from 1973 to 1998 when it was demolished. Implementation of the current one was done in stages since 1997.\n Total perimeter is attributed to 92,200 sqm built and enclosed an area of 62,100 sqm.

The oldest buildings are inside the prison fortress built in 1540 by George Martinuzzi, bishop of Oradea, the Chancellor and the royal treasurer. Gherla fortress was surrounded by a moat of water, and entry and exit of the city is done on a drawbridge.\n Between the years 1857-1860 the central pavilion was built to hold that special place. In 1913, the prison is transformed into a children's institute prevention. During the communist prison known Gherla two distinct periods: 1945-1964 political imprisonment, imprisonment for 1964-1989 that the common law prisoners. Prison Gherla, one of the oldest in Romania became a maximum security prison since 1989 and currently undergoing a profound process of modernization.

White Gate Prison was designed and built between 1948-1949, is one of the settlements in this region of Dobrogea, which were housed prisoners used to work planning Danube - Black Sea.\n White Gate Prison has a holding station outside: Valu lui Traian located 12 km.

The documents show that prison time M?rgineni dates that place \"where those who sinned were imprisoned against law and morality\"since 1840. At first the prison was used as a place of silence and humility both sent priests and penance for political prisoners, and explained to the fact that between 1840-1843 there was great revolutionary Balcescu closed.\n In 1869, the then Minister of the Interior, Demetrios Bolintineanu, monastery-ment was finally converted in prison. With the exception of the time of World War I, when the prison was transformed into the city by German troops inside the former monastery, was the place of detention.\n In 1949, the pavilion is built detention, preceded in 1951 by raising production halls 1, 2 and 3 with an area of 2500 m2. In 1963 the company established name of IL-bribery Furniture Factory Caragiale. From December 1966 was profiled to prison inmates with convictions nerecidivi?ti common law over 10 years.

At the beginning of its existence in the years 1894-1897, Craiova Maximum Security Prison was located in a side area of the city, but as time goes to the city extends to the unit.\n Area prison, the 21,867 sq m remained unchanged for 100 years.\n During commissioning, the prison was part of the kind perfected for our country. It was built to match an advanced degree of retention and separation, in comparison with the two existing prisons in Craiova. New building was equipped with large rooms and cells and medium, ensuring security and conditions designed to exclude the nobles and merchants weather worries.\n Thus, the first courses were attended by 34 inmates completely illiterate and 12 others who knew little book.\n In 1943 there were 14 wars to operate mechanical weaving hemp cloth in the section 'Women', in productive occupations and women are attracted so held.

Regime semi Pelendava Penitentiary is located 8 km east of the city of Craiova, Craiova road - Caracal.\n The unit is located about 3 km east of the industrial site, which contains the representative unit: SC Electroputere SA, Agricultural and Farm Machinery Company (MAT - SA), Heavy Equipment Company, Rolling Stock Company, the Daewoo Company.\n Prison Pelendava was founded in 1999, when GD 347/1999 Agroindustrial Complex of the Production and Supply Services Unit has been passed Pelendava Heritage Directorate General of Prisons.\nThe unit has been attached to the home P.C.R. established before 1960, which then belonged to the Central Economic Office Carpathians (November 1, 1977).\n He worked as a component unit of the Central Economic Office Carpathians to September 1, 1990 when he turned Agro Production Company Benefits and Craiova.

Galati penitentiary since the building has been praised by politicians time as a modern prison, with all the dependencies necessary for proper functioning of the activities.\n Galati County Prison is a prison profiled keeping custody of persons arrested and sentenced to imprisonment of up to 10 years.\n In 1994 he was installed, the Chapel \"Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. \"

Prison Giurgiu is located in the north-west of Giurgiu, on the left side of National Road 58 in street B?l?noaiei no. A12.\n Construction of the prison began in 1994, and in the autumn of 2000 started its re-select the staff for manning under DGP orders.\nArchitecture has been designed and built a modern penitentiary Giurgiu fully complying with international standards specific to these institutions.

Prison is located in Targu-Jiu Tg-Jiu, being in the topography of the city, on Str. V. Alecsandri No. 23. By 1888, preventive detention of persons in several arrests were made in houses rented, requiring the construction of detention on remand, the current city prison Tg.Jiu bound for \"preventive detention\" for common law prisoners. The building was built with State funds, were especially designed as a place of detention, with carved stone walls.\n From 5.1.1990, Tg-Jiu Prison Department was transformed into the County Prison, profiled keeping custody of prisoners sentenced to imprisonment up to 10 years and serves 12 of the courts and county prosecutors.

The documents show that the activity retained Prison, Par-ag, Miercurea-Ciuc Court began on 15 May 1923.\n By decision no. 36 949 of 29 December 1929 Minister of Justice, Gregory Iunian, prison classification is made. Prison Miercurea-Ciuc-frames in the category was first class county prison, along with those from: Constanta, Alba Iulia, Cluj, Fagaras, Hunedoara, Three-Chairs to\nMiercurea-Ciuc prison building was built between 1896 - 1898, and two storey buildings with ground floor, with 23 cells, four rooms and a parlor. As of 10/28/1903, this building has been transcribed on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.\n Between the years 1947-1950 show evidence of political prisoners and common criminals. Since 1964 the prison profile focuses on the common law prisoners.\n By the Decree. 255/1977, Miercurea-Ciuc Penitentiary was closed on 31 July 1977, was reinstated on 01 May 1983.

Deva had since the early twentieth century prison, built in 1909, near the Palace of Justice, and along with it and building county Prefecture (1890) is an architectural and aesthetic unit.\n The current prison construction was completed on 01/10/1971 and is situated on the road linking the cities of Deva and Hunedoara.\n The prison was closed 08/01/1977, re�nfiin?�ndu up three years later (01/03/1980) on the same site. Deva is a prison facility for detainees profiled I category recidivists with punishment up to 10 years for common law crimes.

Prison�Slobozia�is�located�in�the�northwest of the�city�of Slobozia, was�built�in 1970�byinmates�in�prison�and�was�inaugurated�Vl?deni�in spring�1972�and�used�as a�transitprison�for�men and�women�prisoners�with�sentences�of�up�to 10�years.�In June�1977,Decree�215, the prison�was�closed�and is�still used�as a space�for�state�archives.Military personnel�has been�transferred�to�other�military�units�(MND�and�MI)�or�retired.After�three years�the prison�was�re-established�with�approximately�600�inmates�and100�staff�and�in�1981,�after�only�one�year, the unit�had�1500�prisoners.

The first witness appeared Iasi prison after determining that the capital city of Moldova, respectively since 1564. In 1838, because of theft from the estates of noblemen and army desertions in turn, has decided to start a prison at the Green Gate.\n Science Central Prison in 1950 merged with the military prison IV Army Corps and moved to Hill military prison buildings cop. Following Decree no. 115/08.03.1977 and other decrees on amnesty and pardon of some custodial sentence, the number of prison inmates fell Science 145, of which 10 were women, reaching on to a flock of 140 07/01/1977 prisoners. According to Decree no. 225 / 16.07.1977, from 31.07.1977, Iasi penitentiary is abolished and its duties are taken over by the Prison Botosani.\n By Order of the Minister of Interior no. I/04820/01.04.1980 approved the re-commissioning of the Iasi penitentiary. We started rebuilding the unit in autumn 1980. On this site a new pavilion was built over 450 detention beds, which was inaugurated in Augu

Prison is located in the administrative territorial Jilava radius, 10 km. South and 3 km from Bucharest. Jilava northeast. Jilava penitentiary was established in 1907 in Fort Jilava No.13, one of the 18 forts that were part of a defense system built in the 1860-1870 ring around the city of Bucharest, the capital city to defend the Turkish army attacks. Jilava, one of the largest, was transformed in 1907 into military prison is contingent staff of the army until 1948, when he passed the Ministry of Internal Affairs.\n In 1907, the prison Jilava were deposited hundreds of peasants in Ilfov County, arrested for having participated in the peasant uprisings that took place in spring 1907.\n

The communist regime came to power, were built between 1956-1959 in the area called \"Valea, 20 barracks, a prison capacity of 1000-1200, the Prison Department Satu Mare. In 1960, the colony moves to its present site, just like the prison ward of Satu Mare. And by presidential decree, 01/10/1973, section Baia Mare Baia Mare gets prison. It builds on this occasion the current building, improving detention space with electric wiring, installation of hot water, cold, established as the doctor's office, etc.. On 07/31/1977, by presidential decree, Baia Mare abolishes prison, inmates are transferred to other prisons, and at 01.04.1980, is reestablished. In 1995, the initiative to staff the prison yard built a wooden church, specifically in Maramure?.\n Prison Baia Mare has developed a range of activities, aiming to achieve one of the main goals of system activity, the social reintegration. In this respect, there is concern that a large percentage as prisoners to work.

Prison Drobeta-Turnu Severin is located in the extreme west Drobeta-Turnu-Severin, Carol Davila Street, no. 5.\n In 1864, under the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, according to Official Gazette no. 1015 of 06/18 May 1864 in Turnu Severin to set up a prison with a capacity of 150 seats. After 1956 they built an annex building where the club have been furnished, one bedroom and office staff.\n In 1977, following the decree of pardon and amnesty no. 115, prison remains almost empty and the State Council Decree no. 225 is closed.\n In 1983 the Penitentiary is reinstated and goes to modernization.\n In 1984 the old place of detention is demolished and rebuilt a house on two levels.\n Currently, 30 km from the city, the city V�njule?, builds an outdoor section. The unit has a backyard livestock and agricultural buildings with a vegetable farm.

The current�statute�has been operating since�1884�when the�prison�was�built�pavilion,which�consists of�32�rooms�originally�holding.�Also,�for the�execution�of prison sentences�were also�used�at the time�of�revolutions�and�rebellions�cells�medieval�city�ofTargu Mures, close�persons�requiring�greater security.

The purely political reorganization of the penitentiary system in Romania, Ploiesti Penitentiary in 1977 was abolished and reestablished in 1994 by order of the Ministry of Justice, aimed at creating facilities for about 500 inmates who have legal business in the courts Prahova County and the Court of Appeal.\n Prison Ploiesti is located on an area of 5155 square meters, with seven buildings in which a body is holding inmates for the other service: food preparation prisoners, warehouses, workshops, club inmates, prison staff offices.

As part of the city is the Palace of Justice and Penitentiary Satu Mare, currently located on the street No Goals. 2. Satu Mare Penitentiary, opened in 1897, \"Prison Court, was built after the model of all prisons in Transylvania, the Baroque. Accommodation at the prison was 150 inmates, which applies a cellular system, the prison with only a few larger rooms. Prison Court functioned until 09/01/1928 when the order of MJ, has been transformed into \"the central prison correction\" period in which prison inmates in custody have common law, policies, major and minor females.\n After the occurrence of the Law no. 23 / 1969 and until 1977, the average number of inmates is maintained between 200-300 prisoners. After the abolition of Prisons Oradea and Baia Mare (1977), the number of prisoners reached an average of 600 inmates.\n After 1978 are given into industrial workshops, woodworking and car repair. Beginning with 1981 put an emphasis on agro-livestock household.

The current head of the prison was built in Timisoara city walls demolished as a result of negotiations between city leadership and the military authorities of the city.\nThe first documentary attestation of the existence of a place where prisoners were held in Timisoara are P. Pray's \"Annals of the Kingdom of Hungary\", 1514, it recorded that Gheorghe Doja and the 41 of his captains were jailed in 1514 in Bastion cellars arrested a number.\n In 1716, Count Mercy Claudius is named commander of Timisoara and Banat Governor in 1728 and built the building for the Provincial Court, and in the cellars of the building are moving prisoners (detainees). The destination of this building is maintained until 1807 when Emperor Francis, visiting the city, and has considered moving their poor situation in the fortress of Bastion No number 10. 1 and the new building completed in 1810, all prisoners are moved to 1907, when it was demolished.

Tulcea Penitentiary was established by Royal Decree signed by Prince Charles and ICBratianu Interior Minister, published in Official Gazette no. 16 of 20 January 1879, after realipirea Dobrogea to Romania. Will be destroyed during World War I (1916 - 1918) by occupation troops of the Central Powers and rebuilt during the interwar period. Since 1945, Tulcea will be imprisoned in the penitentiary as ordinary convicts and political prisoners. The last of the political prisoners will be released in 1964. In 1977 will be abolished by a decision of the supreme leadership of the party and state and reinstated in 1983.\n In 1990, Chilia Prison - Old prison becomes the outer section of Tulcea. After that date, Prison Tulcea enters a process of architectural modernization in the late 1996's giving into the first section of the prison in January 2000 the second section, and since 2001 have started work build the third section.

The first mention of the existence of Vaslui prison prisons can be found in Law no. 0102 of 1874, as supplemented by Regulation of 14 May 1874, this law states that the Dobrovat (Vaslui) there is a correction prison later disbanded in 1901. It was restored in 1905, with little capacity for holding. Subsequently, he worked as a rehabilitation ward for minors.\n After the entry into force of Law no. 23 of 18 November 1969 on execution of punishments, from 1 December 1970, was reinstated Prison Vaslui, based in the south of the city. Simultaneously prison construction began on its current site, was finished in 1972. On 1 July 1977 was closed again and resume their work until 1 June 1983.

Focsani Prison is the neighborhood boasts a distance of 7 km from the city center on highway Intercounty Focsani - Galati - Braila.\n On May 8, 1975, by order of the Minister of Interior, Department of Penitentiary Braila M�ndre?ti section called, named after the village where the work has gained the status of stand-alone prison, penitentiary category I.\n The number of prisoners of former sections, the answer was 300 - 400, and in terms of criminal category, they were under 5 years of imprisonment, most being selected into the work \"without security. \"\n On July 31, 1975 to implement the Presidential Decree no. 202 on the abolition of prisons, including prison boasts prisoners being transported to prison in Galati.\n On 1 October 1981, following the order of the Minister of Interior, the prison was re-established, received the name of Focsani Penitentiary.