Aiud Penitentiary

Aiud Penitentiary is a maximum security prison, located in Aiud, in the center of Romania. The institution is subordinated to the National Administration of Penitentiaries from Romania and implicitly is a structure of the judiciary system. At present, in Aiud Penitentiary there are approximately 550 inmates incarcerated, under different detention regimes: maximum security regime, closed regime, open regime and also, for short periods of time, the regime for individuals placed in custody, adults both male and female.
By definition, the mission of our institution is ensuring the fundamental rights of the individuals are respected when they execute a sentence or detention measure, and ensuring that inmates are educated for reintegration and to be accountable when placed back into society.
To ensure a proper reintegration upon their release, the people deprived of their liberty participate in educational, cultural, therapeutic, psychological and social counseling, moral and religious assistance, schooling and vocational training or retraining.
To facilitate the reintegration into society, employees of Aiud Penitentiary work alongside specialized state institutions, non-governmental organizations and the local community requesting the support of families, relatives and friends of the inmates, within the limits set by the regulations in force.
In the last years, Aiud Penitentiary has been involved in implementation of European projects, through which we have been improved the conditions of detention and have trained part of the employees.
Having experience in both writing and implementing projects, the staff of Aiud Penitentiary is prepared to develop a project accordingly. We think by implementing projects we will be able to improve, even more, the incarceration conditions and on the other hand the employees can learn new things and further develop their abilities.