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Considering the criterion of the effectiveness of the prison policy as a basis, we should pay special attention to the financing of the prison system of Ukraine since 1991 because it is the financing of the prison system against the background of other initial data that will provide answers to the main questions.
In fact, it is worth starting with the budget for 1998, when the prison system was part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Chief Department for the Execution of Punishments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was responsible for running prisons. Accordingly, the 1998 budget allocated an amount of UAH 227 million.
The following year, the prison system was allocated slightly less, namely UAH 215 million.
The budget for 2000 saw an even greater reduction in funding for the prison system, amounting to UAH 204 million.
However, already in the 2001 budget, the prison system was allocated an amount which was more than one and a half times higher than in 2000, namely UAH 350 million.
In the 2002 budget, the amount of expenditure on the prison system was already UAH 418 million.
The budget for 2003 provided for an even larger amount of budgetary funding for the prison system, amounting to UAH 453 million.
The budget for 2004 reached a record level at the time, with UAH 613 million allocated.
The budget for 2005 was significantly higher than the previous year and amounted to UAH 814 million.
The budget for 2006 already provided for funding in the amount of UAH 1062 million.
The budget for 2007 already envisaged UAH 1455 million, for 2008 – UAH 1978 million, and for 2009 – UAH 1881 million.
The budget for the newly created the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine or 2011 was an unprecedented UAH 2598 million at that time.
Subsequently, the funding also increased, and amounted to UAH 2843 million in the 2012 budget, UAH 2896 million in 2013, UAH 2883 million in 2014, UAH 2962 million in 2015, and UAH 3523 million in 2016.
In 2016, the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine was liquidated, and the budget for 2017 provided for separate items of expenditure for “Execution of punishments by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 3,984 million and UAH 325 million respectively (total of UAH 4,309 million).
The budget for 2018 provided for separate items of expenditure for “Execution of sentences by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service ” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 5455 million and UAH 565 million respectively (total – UAH 6020 million).
Similarly, the budget for 2019 envisaged separate items of expenditure for “Execution of sentences by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 6162 million and UAH 624 million respectively (total – UAH 6786 million).
The budget for 2020 envisaged separate items of expenditure for “Execution of punishments by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 6829 million and UAH 688 million respectively (total – UAH 7517 million).
The budget for 2021 envisaged separate items of expenditure for “Execution of punishments by institutions and bodies” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 7314 million and UAH 742 million respectively (total – UAH 8056 million).
The budget for 2022 envisaged separate items of expenditure for “Execution of punishments by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 7529 million and UAH 750 million respectively (total – UAH 8279 million).
The budget for 2023 envisaged separate items of expenditure for “Execution of punishments by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 7700 million and UAH 751 million respectively (total – UAH 8451 million).
The budget for 2024 envisaged separate items of expenditure for “Execution of punishments by institutions and bodies of the criminal-executive service” and “Support of probation authorities” in the amount of UAH 8736 million and UAH 787 million respectively (total – UAH 9523 million).
A general conclusion that can be made is that prison budgets have had a trend to a permanent increase in amounts of money of taxpayers. Every year, even with some exclusion, prison system received more and more money from the taxpayers.
Correspondingly, the question raised how their money was spent and to which extent the prisons and probation policy was efficient and effective.
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