Disciplinare și modernizare – reformarea sistemului penitenciar din spațiul românesc în secolul al XIX-lea
Discipline and Modernization – Reforming the Prison System in the Romanian Space in the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: The first decades of the 19th century were marked by a reflexive debate over the role of prison in the West as an instrument of punishment and disciplining. These theories concerning the legislation and organization of prisons laid the basis of reforms in many European states. This article aims at revealing the legislative aspects that constituted the organization and well-functioning of prisons in the Romanian modern society starting from the first juridical-military regulations from the Organic Regulations, with all the subsequent laws, in order to point out the important alterations brought about by the criminal code during Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s reign, as well as the changes at the end of the century. We aim to emphasize how the conception of modern prison evolved in the Romanian space, along with the improvements and factors that determined these changes.

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