5.  The applicant was born in 1955 and is currently detained in Iași Prison.
6.  By a final decision of 2013 the applicant was convicted of fraud and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. He had been detained in several prisons since 18 October 2011.
7.  In respect of the establishments in which he had been detained, the applicant alleged that he had been kept in overcrowded cells with poor conditions of hygiene. The food he had received had been of poor quality and had not been adapted to his medical condition. He also claimed that despite the fact that he was a non-smoker, he had had to share the cells with smokers. He also claimed that the cells in which he was detained in Iași Prison were infested with bugs, and the mattresses were old and dirty.
8.  The Government submitted that in all the cells occupied by him, the applicant had had his own bed. The cells had natural and artificial light and were ventilated through windows. The detention cells were disinfected daily with chlorine. The detainees were provided with cleaning materials and they were responsible for cleaning the cells. At least every trimester the prison authorities or specialised contractors carried out work to eradicate rodents and insects. The detainees were entitled to two showers per week.
9.  The applicant received a special diet for his diabetes.
10.  The Government made specific submissions in respect of the following detention facilities in which the applicant had been detained.
11.  The applicant was detained in Gherla Prison between 18 October and 22 November 2011. He occupied the following cells: (i) cell EG 1.7, which measured 43.25 square metres and which he shared with nine co‑detainees between 18 October and 11 November 2011; (ii) cell EG 3.25, which measured 55.20 square metres and which he shared with twenty‑five co‑detainees between 11 and 16 November 2011; (iii) cell EG 1.15, which measured 43.25 square metres and which he shared with nine co‑detainees between 16 and 18 November 2011; and (iv) cell E 1.8, which measured 43.25 square metres and which he shared with eleven co-detainees between 18 and 22 November 2011.
12.  The applicant was detained in Bistrița Prison between 22 November 2011 and 18 January 2012. He occupied cell no. 4, which measured 20.03 square metres and which he shared with eight co-detainees.
13.  The applicant was detained in Jilava Prison between 4 and 23 February 2012. He occupied the following cells: (i) cell no. 4.21, which measured 44.81 square metres and which he shared with twenty‑three co‑detainees from 4 to 16 February 2012; and (ii) cell no. 6.24, which measured 43.90 square metres and which he shared with between twenty‑two and twenty-six co-detainees from 17 to 23 February 2012.
14.  The applicant was detained in Focșani Prison on several occasions: between 2 and 9 March 2012, 11 and 18 January, 5 and 19 February, and 2 and 5 April 2013. He occupied the following cells: (i) cell no. E 1.8, which measured 21.22 square metres and which he shared with ten co‑detainees for seven days; (ii) cell no. E 3.28, which measured 25.28 square metres and which he shared with thirteen co‑detainees for another seven days; and (iii) cell no E 3.30, which measured 25.28 square metres and which he shared with fourteen co-detainees for five days.
15.  For the rest of the period of detention until the present, the applicant has been detained in Iași Prison, in cells E 4.4., E 3.3, E 5.12, E 6.6, E 6.9, which each measured 33.30 square metres and which he shared with twenty‑five co-detainees.