Recidivism - Cause of Overcrowding in Prisons in Romania
Recidivism - Cause of Overcrowding in Prisons in Romania

Author(s): Adriana Iuliana Stancu
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Sociology of Law, Court case
Published by: ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher
Keywords: injury; detainees; recommendations; legal framework; decisions;
Summary/Abstract: In the last month of 2021, the ministers of justice from the member states of the Council of Europe met in Venice and, at the initiative of the Italian presidency, discussed the role of restorative justice in criminal matters and adopted the Venice Convention. Statement. The Declaration follows the Recommendation (Rule 18) in recognizing the universal application of restorative justice for all types of crimes, even noting "the possible positive impact of restorative justice pathways and on countering the radicalization of individuals". Objectives: removing the material consequences of committing crimes and making prisoners aware of what it entails to restore the situation before the crime was committed, or what it entails to commit a new crime after conviction and partial execution. Proposal and Methodology: establishing a legal framework for obliging those released on parole to work, with their consent, to have the possibility of covering the damage from the legal garnishment of wages, with the active involvement of the state in establishing available jobs, as well as by offering advantages employers. Results and Discussions: discussion in workshops, in direct meetings with prisoners, non-governmental organizations and the management of the Maximum-Security Penitentiary Galați, Romania, about the way in which it is possible to reintegrate prisoners into society after parole. Implications: Legislative changes, government decision-making to establish jobs in question.

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