Communicated on 17 April 2014
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 56276/10
Augustin ROŞIU
against Romania
lodged on 13 September 2010
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The applicant, Mr Augustin Roşiu, is a Romanian national, who was born in 1974 and is, since 5 November 2007, serving a prison sentence in Colibaşi Prison.
He describes as follows the conditions of his detention: he is held with five other inmates in a 4 sq. m cell and smokers are kept in same cells as non-smokers. The food in the prison canteen is not nourishing, and the tap water is not drinkable. The food items available for sale in the prison store are overpriced and usually expired. Although he is seriously ill (having suffered three stomach surgeries in 2009) he does not receive adequate food and his rights to receive parcel from home are abusively restricted by the prison administration. He also alleges lacking adequate medical assistance.
COMPLAINT
The applicant complains under Article 3 of the Convention about the conditions of detention in Colibaşi Prison.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
1. Were the conditions of the applicant’s detention in Colibaşi Prison in breach of the requirements of Article 3 of the Convention?
The Government are invited to provide information on the material conditions of the applicant’s detention and the situation of passive smoking in prison.
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