Romanian president urges Govt. to correct law on early release

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis reacted to the recent scandal created around the law on early release, which gives detainees the possibility to get out of prison earlier if they serve their sentences in improper conditions. Klaus Iohannis urged the government to analyze the law’s effects and find solutions to keep people safe, according to Romania-Insider.ro.

The law on early release came into force in the autumn of 2017, as a solution to the overcrowded prisons in Romania. The National Administration of Penitentiaries (ANP) said that more than 14,400 inmates benefited from this law so far, and about 5% of them returned to prison after breaking the law again.

The law has been highly criticized, including in the past few weeks amid media reports about serious crimes committed by former inmates who got out of jail under the early release law. For example a man who got out of jail in May last year stabbed to death a 25-year-old man in the city of Medias. The Police arrested him alongside two other suspects.

The president has now asked the government and minister of justice to analyze the effects of this law and find solutions to keep people safe.

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