Privatni zatvori
Private Prisons

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the process of prison privatization, which has been the topic of ongoing discussion for decades, especially in the USA. The reasons that justify prison privatization are the urge to cut the cost of imprisonment and the need to solve the problem of prisons" and to reduce the inmate recidivism. Opponents of prison privatization have pointed out that allowing companies to profit from punishment is unacceptable on moral grounds and that there is a significant risk of human rights violations. Of course, those in favour of prison privatization do not agree. The author concludes that private prisons have ensured their place in the modern system of criminal sanctions, although, contrary to expectations, they have not achieved significant successes in their work.

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