FSANP said in a press release Wednesday the number of violent incidents in the penitentiary system has increased over the past few years.
According to the union, which cited official data, 3,739 violent incidents occured last year, from 2,664 in 2009.
In the abovementioned interval, prison guards dealt with 3,770 violent acts and only the most significant were included in official reports. About 78 acts of physical aggression against the personnel in the penitentiary system were reported in 2010, they said.
Between 2009 and 2010, the number of work accidents in the system reached 159, of which three were fatal.
In none of these cases did the staff working in the penitentiary system receive compensation other than that ensured by unions, reads the press release.
The Government pledged in June 2004 to pay damages to public servants with special status working in the penitentiary administration system. This legal obligation, stated in article 36 of Law 293/2004, has never been observed.
Seven years later, on March 9, 2011, the Justice Ministry put forward a draft normative act meant to regulate this aspect. The act was blocked on July 21 at the Finance Ministry which cited the lack of information concerning the measure’s financial impact, said the source.