Pretrial detention.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Open Society Justice Initiative.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Preventive detention.

Pre-trial procedure.

Arrest.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Justice initiatives: pretrial detention.

Place of Publication:

New York: Open Society Foundations,

Summary:

In 2006, an estimated 7.4 million people aroundthe world were held in detention while awaitingtrial—a practice that violates international norms,wastes public resources, undermines the rule oflaw, and endangers public health. This issue ofJustice Initiatives looks at the global over-relianceon pretrial detention and examines the challengesof reducing and reforming its use.

Contents:

Foreword / Mark Shaw

Overview

Grand ambitions, modest scale / Todd Foglesong

The scale and consequences of pretrial detention around the world / Martin Schönteich

Case studies

Boomerang: seeking to reform pretrial detention practices in Chile / Verónica Venegas, Luis Vial

Catalyst for change: the effect of prison visits on pretrial detention in India / R.K. Saxena

On the front lines: insights from Malawi’s Paralegal Advisory Service / Clifford Msiska

Building and sustaining change: pretrial detention reform in Nigeria / Anthony Nwapa

Ebb tide: the Russian reforms of 2001 and their reversal / Olga Schwartz

Frustrated potential: the short and long term impact of pretrial services in South Africa / Louise Ehlers

Pathway to justice: juvenile detention reform in the United States / D. Alan Henry

Studies in reform: pretrial detention investments in Mexico, Ukraine, and Latvia / Benjamin Naimark-Rowse, Martin Schönteich, Mykola Sorochinsky, Denise Tomasini-Joshi

Reflection

Mixing politics, data, and detention: reflections on reform efforts / Robert O. Varenik.

Notes:

"Justice initiatives, a publication of the Open Society Justice Initiative, spring 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.