Prisoners' rights : principles and practice / Susan Easton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Easton, Susan M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

xix, 279 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

Prisoners Rights principles and Practice considers prisoners' rights from socio-legal and philosophical perspectives, and assesses the advantages and problems of a rights-based approach to imprisonment. At a time of record levels of imprisonment and projected future expansion of the prison population, this work is timely.

The discussion in this book is not confined to a formal legal analysis, although it does include discussion of the developing jurisprudence on prisoners' rights. It offers a socio-legal rather than a purely black letter approach, and focuses on the experience of imprisonment. It draws on perspectives from a range of disciplines to illuminate how prisoners' rights operate in practice. The text also contributes to debates on imprisonment and citizenship the treatment of women prisoners, and social exclusion.

This book will be of, interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of penology and criminal justice, as well as professionals working within the penal system. Book jacket.

Contents:

Prisoners' rights : from social death to citizenship

The historical development of prisoners' rights : rights versus discretion

The increasing importance of international human rights law and standards

Prison conditions

Procedural justice

Contact with the outside world

The right to equality

The prisoner as citizen : the right to vote.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-269) and index.

ISBN:

9781843928096

1843928094

9781843928089

1843928086

9780203829684

0203829689

OCLC:

663822336