JUSTICE TRENDS JUSTICE TRENDS Nr. 1 | June 2017 | Page 75

EUROPE / EUROPA
MIHAI DIMA
D I R E C T O R G E N E R A L o f t h e R o m a n i a n P r o b at i o n S y s t e m
D i r e c t o r G e n e r a l d e l S i s t e m a d e L i b e r ta d C o n d i c i o n a l d e R u m a n i a
Romania: Challenges and Paradoxes of the Probation System
Rumania: Desafíos y paradojas del sistema de libertad condicional
JT: What do you consider to be the main challenges and
constraints of the Romanian probation system so far? .....
... JT: ¿Cuáles son los principales retos y limitaciones del
sistema de libertad condicional de Rumania hasta ahora?
MD: Definitely, the most significant challenges and constraints
for our jurisdiction are related to the high number of community
sanctions and measures which need to be implemented by
the probation staff. Nowadays, alternative sanctions are very popular
among judiciary, so the increasing of the number of these local
community sanctions was generated by the reform in the area of
the criminal matters. So, in order to reduce this gap between our
resources and the requirements of the judiciary we are obliged to
start a process w