In Romania, a penitentiary institution has launched a “service advertisement” for individuals and companies: prisoners can be hired for domestic and seasonal work at a rate of about 27 lei per hour, based on a simple service contract.
The jobs advertised include chopping wood, manual earthworks, tree pruning/clearing, and clearing plots of land, ditches, and canals. The announcement also states that food and security/escort are provided by the institution, and transport to the work site can be provided separately at a rate of approximately 2 lei/km.
This refers to Penitenciarul Mioveni (Romania), as reported by the Romanian media with reference to the institution’s publication.
The context provided in the article: against the backdrop of a labor shortage, many companies in Romania are attracting workers from non-EU countries. According to data cited from a study by the Economic and Social Council (CES), of the 136,334 third-country nationals with work permits (as of the end of August), the largest groups are from Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The list of countries whose citizens are mentioned in the article as the main groups of workers from third countries includes Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Moldova, India, Bangladesh, China, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan.
