HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF SERBIAN PRISONS: FROM SHACKLES TO BRACELETS Cover Image

ИСТОРИЈСКА СОЦИОЛОГИЈА ЗАТВОРА У СРБИЈИ: ОД ОКОВА ДО „НАРУКВИЦЕ“
HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF SERBIAN PRISONS: FROM SHACKLES TO BRACELETS

Author(s): Željko Krstić
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Penology, Penal Policy
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: prison; shackles; correctional facilities; penal institutions; bracelets; Serbia;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore available literature and identify developmental stages of Serbian penitentiaries, or put in more accurate terms, the criminal sanctions system of the Republic of Serbia, by focusing primarily on three large prisons known as KPZs – The Penal and Correctional Institutions in Sremska Mitrovica, Požarevac and Niš. These institutions sprung from different traditions: KPZ Sremska Mitrovica is the remnant of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, KPZ Niš was influenced by the legacy of the Ottoman Empire, while KPZ Zabela stands as an autochthonous Serbian invention, one that was initially designed as a juvenile correctional facility, only to be transformed over time into a maximum security prison. It is interesting that up until the late 19th century Serbian prisons incarcerated a mixed male and female population, until in 1897 a separate female penitentiary was built in Požarevac, in the same location it still occupies today.

  • Issue Year: 46/2012
  • Issue No: Sp. Iss
  • Page Range: 1046-1069
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian