How many prisons are there in Romania?

World Prisons indexes 96 individual facilities in Romania. Each entry links to a detail page with contact information, capacity, oversight reports, and known conditions.

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Romania

Q: Does Romania have the death penalty?

Romania's death-penalty status is: abolitionist. Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

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Sentenced + remand

Rate per 100,000

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Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

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At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

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Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

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Foreign nationals

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Figures from official sources · methodology

Conditions risk — across 96 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average

96 unknown

abolitionist on capital punishment since 1989. Last known execution: 1989.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.

544 documented human-rights cases →

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2003: 42,815-42.7% over 22y2025: 24,543

Source: unodc / eurostat / Council of Europe SPACE I

Health & mortality

Custodial mortality + prison-health indicators aggregated from national statistics offices, UCLA custodial mortality dataset, and Marshall Project COVID tracking.

Indicators (latest by source)

Tb Incidence
180count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Hiv Prevalence
404count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Hcv Prevalence
1,017count
2020 · source: who-hiped
Mortality Rate
64.42per_100k_pa
2020 · source: who-hiped
Mental Health
4,931count
2020 · source: who-hiped

Prisons in Romania

Browse all 96 →

96 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Aiud prison

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Arad Penitentiary

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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BÃ¢rcea Mare Penitentiary

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Baia Mare Penitentiary

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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BistriÈa Penitentiary

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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BotoÈani Penitentiary

Romania · BotoÈani

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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BraÈov Prison

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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BrÄila Penitentiary

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Bucuresti LPRA no. 12

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Bucuresti LPRA no. 13

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Calafat concentration camp

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Caracal concentration camp

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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CaransebeÈ Prison

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Centrul de Cazare a Strainilor luati in Custodie Publica Arad

Romania · Horia

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Codlea Penitentiary

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Corbeni LPRS no. 10

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Crăciuneşti LPRS no. 9

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Craiova concentration camp

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Craiova Penitentiary

Romania · Craiova

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dej Prison

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Doaga concentration camp

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Doftana prison

Romania

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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Dorneşti LPRS no. 6

Romania

Type

Concentration camp

Capacity

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Held

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Drobeta-Turnu Severin Penitentiary

Romania · Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Type

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Capacity

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Held

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See all 96 prisons in Romania →

Data completeness

10%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: —
Source-verified: —
Source links: 0 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

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See /data-sources for our methodology.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ROU

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Romania — prison statistics. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/romania

Chicago

"Romania — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/romania.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-romania,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Romania — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/romania},
  urldate = {2026-07-20}
}

Conditions risk — across 96 facilities

Prison population over time

Health & mortality

Prisons in Romania

Aiud prison

Arad Penitentiary

BÃ¢rcea Mare Penitentiary

Baia Mare Penitentiary

BistriÈa Penitentiary

BotoÈani Penitentiary

BraÈov Prison

BrÄila Penitentiary

Bucuresti LPRA no. 12

Bucuresti LPRA no. 13

Calafat concentration camp

Caracal concentration camp

CaransebeÈ Prison

Centrul de Cazare a Strainilor luati in Custodie Publica Arad

Codlea Penitentiary

Corbeni LPRS no. 10

Crăciuneşti LPRS no. 9

Craiova concentration camp

Craiova Penitentiary

Dej Prison

Doaga concentration camp

Doftana prison

Dorneşti LPRS no. 6

Drobeta-Turnu Severin Penitentiary

Data completeness

Sources

Cite this page

Conditions risk — across 96 facilities

Prison population over time

Health & mortality

Prisons in Romania

Aiud prison

Arad Penitentiary

BÃ¢rcea Mare Penitentiary

Baia Mare Penitentiary

BistriÈa Penitentiary

BotoÈani Penitentiary

BraÈov Prison

BrÄila Penitentiary

Bucuresti LPRA no. 12

Bucuresti LPRA no. 13

Calafat concentration camp

Caracal concentration camp

CaransebeÈ Prison

Centrul de Cazare a Strainilor luati in Custodie Publica Arad

Codlea Penitentiary

Corbeni LPRS no. 10

Crăciuneşti LPRS no. 9

Craiova concentration camp

Craiova Penitentiary

Dej Prison

Doaga concentration camp

Doftana prison

Dorneşti LPRS no. 6

Drobeta-Turnu Severin Penitentiary

Data completeness

Sources

Cite this page

BistriÈa Penitentiary

BotoÈani Penitentiary

BraÈov Prison

BrÄila Penitentiary

CaransebeÈ Prison

BistriÈa Penitentiary

BotoÈani Penitentiary

BraÈov Prison

BrÄila Penitentiary

CaransebeÈ Prison