US State Dept. of State 2010 Human Rights report: abuse and harsh conditions in Romanian prisons

Abuse in Romanian prisons continued in 2010, with the media and NGOs reporting assaults on prisoners both from prison staff and from fellow inmates, writes the United States Department of State's 2010 Human Rights Report. The report says Romanian prison conditions "remained harsh and at times did not meet international standards." "Although, according to the official figures, overcrowding did not represent a serious problem overall, there were prisons where the standard of [four square meters] per prisoner recommended by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) was not observed," writes the report published on Friday in Washington. Get the report on Romania here. Source: Mediafax