Background report: Policies on drugs in Bulgarian prisons
Background report: Policies on drugs in Bulgarian prisons

Author(s): Dimitar Markov, Maria Doichinova, Lyubomira Derelieva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sociology, Security and defense, Welfare systems, Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Substance abuse and addiction, Health and medicine and law, Penology, Victimology, Welfare services, Penal Policy, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Law
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Keywords: CSD; Center for the Study of Democracy; drugs; Bulgaria; prison
Summary/Abstract: This report provides a snapshot of the situation of drug users in Bulgaria. As it is aimed to serve as a basis for comparative study on policies and practice towards drug users, particularly in prisons, in Bulgaria and Norway, it presents the country’s context – general information on the country and its criminal justice system, policy and legislation on drugs explaining what are the perimeters of drug restriction and what are the national policies towards drug use. This information is illustrated with statistics on crime rates and drug crime in particular. The report also investigates how court looks upon the fact that the accused are using or addicted to narcotic substances within the criminal proceedings and specifically on the type and the term of the sentence. Finally, it looks upon the sanctions available for drug users and their situation once sentenced to imprisonment – what treatment, rehabilitation and harm reduction programmes are available in different prisons.

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