Human rights in African prisons / edited by Jeremy Sarkin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarkin, Jeremy.

Series:

Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 10.

Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Africa.

Prisons.

Prisons--Overcrowding--Africa.

Human Rights Africa (Organization).

Juvenile delinquents--Africa.

Juvenile delinquents.

Women prisoners--Africa.

Women prisoners.

Prisons--Overcrowding.

Africa.

Physical Description:

x, 254 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Even in western industrialised nations, civil and human rights often stop at the prison door. This book looks at the challenges African governments face in dealing with these issues.

Written by some of the most eminent researchers from and on Africa, including the former Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, this collection provides a detailed consideration of the situation in African prisons and examines how regional and international legal instruments have dealt with human rights concerns such as overcrowding, healthcare, pretrial detention and the treatment of women and children. Critically, the book reveals that there are processes and reforms underway across nations in Africa, and makes recommendations for strengthening and building on them.

Contents:

An overview of human rights in prisons worldwide / Jeremy Sarkin

A brief history of human rights in the prisons of Africa / Stephen Peté

Challenges to good prison governance in Africa / Chris Tapscott

Overcrowding in African prisons / Victor Dankwa

Pre-trial detention and human rights in Africa / Martin Schönteich

Children in African prisons / Julia Sloth-Nielsen

The imprisonment of women in Africa / Lisa Vetten

Rehabilitation and reintegration in African prisons / Amand Dissel

Alternative sentencing in Africa / Lukas Muntingh

The African Commission's approach to prisons / Rachel Murray.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-246) and index.

ISBN:

9780796922069

0796922063

9780896802650

0896802655

OCLC:

226176989