An economic analysis of the prison system

Autor: Luciana Ioana GRUIA
Publicat în: Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2014
Disponibil online: aici.
Abstract: The article presents a short cost analysis related to the prisoners of Romania in comparison
with other countries. The purpose of the article is to present the current situation of the costs and
expenditures, the state is taking when imprisoning a delinquent and to draw future lines for the
improvement of the prison system and Criminal Code. Data is used from online available
governmental sources worldwide and is statistically worked and interpreted. The analysis is
corroborated with the laws from the old and new Romanian Criminal Code and conclusions are
drawn. The article presents partial results of the author’s yet not published work.
Keywords: costs; prison; delinquent; criminal; analysis.