HYGIENIC AND SANITARY CONDITIONS IN THE PRISONS OF THE PRINCIPALITY AND KINGDOM OF SERBIA: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
HYGIENIC AND SANITARY CONDITIONS IN THE PRISONS OF THE PRINCIPALITY AND KINGDOM OF SERBIA: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Author(s): Miroslav M. PopovićSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Sociology, Modern Age, Health and medicine and law, Penology, 19th Century
Published by: Naučno društvo za istoriju zdravstvene kulture
Keywords: prisons; Principality of Serbia; Kingdom of Serbia; hygienic conditions; sanitary conditions
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to briefly present the hygienic and sanitary conditions of life of prisoners in the prison institutions of the Principality and Kingdom of Serbia, based on preserved testimonies of prisoners, as well as literature and sources related to the Belgrade County Court, the Požarevac Penitentiary, and some other prison facilities in different periods of the 19th century, paying attention to both male and female prisoners. In this way, in the form of an overview, the work is an attempt to present how Serbian state dealt with the question of sanitary conditions and modernization in Serbian prison institutions during the previously mentioned period, with an introductory section, which refers to the institution of prisons in Europe in the 19th century, for a wider context.
Journal: Acta historiae medicinae, stomatologiae, pharmaciae, medicinae veterinariae
- Issue Year: 41/2022
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 24-35
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English, Serbian
