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Roma people in Romanian prisons
Sorina LUPU Bucharest, Romania
Rosheim, France – 22 September 2012
Training course ”Combating discrimination towards migrant
and Roma minorities”
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
Structure
Context Programs Good
practices
to outline the Romanian programs for integrating Roma people from prisons
Purpose
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
Context of Roma people
• Roma people: 619,007 people or 3.2% of the total population of Romania
• second-largest ethnic minority in Romania after Hungarians
• 30,000 total number of people in prisons from Romania (Romanians, gypsys etc)
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
28 August 2012
In prisons from Romania
there were
declared 1999 Roma people
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
<18
18-21
21-60
>60
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Level of education
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
Illiterate primary secondary technical school
secondary highschool
high school university
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
Criminalities
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
Criminalities
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
Psyche
Social work
Education
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
The program “Over obstacle with
hope and faith”
• Description
• Objectives
• Target group: 150 Roma people in prisons
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
Activities during the programme
• renovation of spaces;
• IT, vocational courses;
• juridical and psychological counseling;
• support in finding and keeping the work place for both Roma prisoners and their families;
• organization of campaigns;
• providing financial support.
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
The international day of Roma people
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Dancing and singing
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National Anathema and Flag • “Gelem, Gelem”
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Feedback from Roma people in jail
• There is no discrimination between Romanian and Roma people
• They are treated equally and participate in all the activities for them
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Feedback from Roma people in jail • They accept their status
• Most of them discovered new abilities in the prisons like painting or sculpturing
• They have their own TV programme which is transmitted inside the prison
Structure | Context | Programs | Good practices | Conclusions
One more thing ...
It is easy to say you know what people feel behind bars when
you have never been there ...