Independenţa LPRS no. 16
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit Independenţa LPRS no. 16
Step-by-step guidance using the Romania system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
The European Court of Human Rights found violations of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment), Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 6 (right to fair trial), Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life), Article 13 (right to effective remedy), Article 2 (right to life), and Protocol 6 Article 1 (abolition of death penalty) in the case of Al Nashiri v. Romania. The substantive violations included inhuman treatment and procedural failures in investigation of torture allegations.
Documented human-rights cases
- CASE OF AL NASHIRI v. ROMANIA2018-05-31 · Article 1 ECHR, Article 2 ECHR, Article 3 ECHR, Article 5 ECHR, Article 6 ECHR, Article 8 ECHR, Article 13 ECHR, Article 35 ECHR, Article 41 ECHR, Article 46 ECHR · violation
l proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing;Impartial tribunal;Independent tribunal;Tribunal established by law);Violation of Article
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 3/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · In-custody-death signal in sources
- · Severe-conditions keyword in sources
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q45466941)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Independenţa LPRS no. 16. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/independenta-lprs-no-16
"Independenţa LPRS no. 16." World Prisons. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/independenta-lprs-no-16.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Independenţa LPRS no. 16},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/independenta-lprs-no-16},
urldate = {2026-10-21}
}