The National Administration of Penitentiaries, as a Project Promoter, is implementing SECURE, a project worth 2.9 million euro, in partnership with two Romanian institutions, between April 2021 and April 2024.
The project is financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014 - 2021, through the Justice Programme, managed by the Ministry of Justice as a Programme Operator.
Project title: A Safe and Educated Community Undertaking Responsible Engagement - SECURE
Budget: 1.700.000 euro
Date of signing the Financing Contract: 28 April 2021
Implementation period: April 2021 – April 2024
Project Promotor: National Administration of Penitentiaries
Partners:
- Mărgineni Prison
- Crime Prevention Directorate, Ministry of Justice
General objective: to develop an integrated set of measures for preventing recidivism and increasing inmates’ responsibility and chances to be reintegrated into society.
Expected project results:
- Developing public policies aimed at preventing recidivism in Romania
- one study of the recidivism causes in Romania carried out;
- public policy documents with specific actions developed: a public policy document on preventing recidivism in Romania and an associated plan.
- Improving services and upgrading the infrastructure at Mărgineni Prison
- 67 social reintegration and medical professionals, trained in developing skills in working with sentenced persons and in cultural sensitivity/diversity of vulnerable persons, focusing on Roma and other socially excluded groups, career guidance for prisoners and first aid;
- 122 inmates of Margineni Prison, including 40 Roma and other socially excluded categories, participating in vocational training courses;
- 78 inmates from Mărgineni Penitentiary, including 10 Roma and other socially excluded categories, certified for vocational skills acquired through non-formal means;
- At least 75 inmates involved in the implementation of the multidisciplinary intervention project to reduce aggressiveness and reduce addictive risks of persons deprived of their liberty;
- A multidisciplinary intervention project for the reduction of aggressiveness and the reduction of addictive risks of persons deprived of their liberty developed;
- 52 new places of detention created;
- A newly built multi-purpose ward, including a medical office, spaces for increasing the responsibility and autonomy of detainees and for running social reintegration activities and programmes, i.e. school and vocational training courses;
- A functioning radio-TV studio in the multi-purpose pavilion;
- An equipped sports hall and 1 functional sports field;
- Four equipped and equipped solariums;
- An equipped carpentry workshop;
- Functional hairdressing workshops: equipping the existing one and creating a new one;
- A club for social reintegration activities created;
- An ambulance purchased for emergency medical assistance;
- Four classrooms created and equipped (including a locksmith workshop and an IT laboratory).
