CSD Policy Brief No. 61: Drug users in prison: Norway’s experience and Bulgaria’s challenges Cover Image

CSD Policy Brief No. 61: Употребяващите наркотици в затвора: опитът на Норвегия и предизвикателствата пред България
CSD Policy Brief No. 61: Drug users in prison: Norway’s experience and Bulgaria’s challenges

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology, Applied Sociology, Evaluation research, Studies in violence and power, Substance abuse and addiction, Health and medicine and law, Penology, Victimology, Welfare services
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Summary/Abstract: For all criminal offences related to drugs, even for possession of small quantities intended for personal use, the main sanction according to Bulgarian criminal law is imprisonment. Unlike in Norway, non-custodial penalties in Bulgaria such as probation have extremely limited scope of application for drug-related offences. At the same time, other alternatives to imprisonment are virtually non-existent.

  • Page Count: 12
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Language: Bulgarian