Rahova Penitentiary

Several people have staged a protest rally Thursday morning, in front of Rahova Penitentiary, requesting the release from prison of the former PSD leader Liviu Dragnea. Among the protesters was also former Deputy Gelu Visan, realitatea.net…

The review committee of the Rahova Penitentiary has decided on Tuesday that the former PSD chairman Liviu Dragnea should remain imprisoned in this penitentiary. The committee has also denied him an open detention regime. After serving…

Known for its criticism against the incumbent ruling coalition and against former Justice minister Tudorel Toader, for its repeated stances warning over the hard working conditions and low wages of the penitentiaries staff, the Trade Union…

The Supreme Court has pronounced the final ruling in the fictitious hiring file on Monday, sentencing ruling PSD leader Liviu Dragnea to three years and a half in prison, as he had been sentenced in the first court last year. The ruling…

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) has definitively rejected, as unfounded, the complaint by torturer Alexandru Vişinescu, the former commander of the Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary, filed against the decision that…

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the former District 2 Bucharest mayor Neculai Ontanu to be released on parole and placed under judicial control for 60 days in the bribe taking file. The ruling by the High Court of Cassation and…

German authorities extradited Sebastian Dan Geczi Kis from Germany to serve his life sentence in Romania. The Romanian has been sentenced for killing, together with another Romanian national, German musician Dieter Kahlen, member of the Do…

Ex-Romanian Charge d’Affaires in Singapore Silviu Ionescu, who was serving a six-year sentence for killing one person and injuring two others, died on Tuesday at the Rahova Penitentiary’s hospital, judicial sources told Mediafax. The…