Strategies And Best Practices Against Overcrowding In Correctional Institutions

Author : Curt Taylor Griffiths
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Correctional institutions
ISBN : 0973043288

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Strategies and Best Practices Against Overcrowding in Correctional Institutions by Curt Taylor Griffiths Pdf

The "Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners", adopted by the UN in 1955, focus on the conditions of detention and set out the requirements for prisoner accommodation and living conditions.2 Prison overcrowding may jeopardize the rights of prisoners, such as the right to health. [...] The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a legally-binding instrument that sets out a number of state obligations with respect to the treatment of juveniles.13 and, among the rules of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the administration of Juvenile Justice are: Rule 7. Rights of Juveniles 7.1 Basic procedural safeguards such as the presumption of innocence, the right to be notified of th [...] The shift from indeterminate to determinate sentencing and the increase in the number of mandatory minimum sentences in a number of States in the United States have increased the numbers of persons sent to prison and the length of time prisoners must serve prior to release (Sloth- Nielsen and Ehlers, 2005). [...] This highlights the importance of educating the community about the limitations of imprisonment as a response to persons in conflict with the law and the value, and effectiveness, of non-custodial measures. [...] In addressing the impact of lengthy delays in prosecuting accused persons, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (2008) has stated, In the interests of justice, trials must be speedy otherwise fairness is deemed to be eroded...The sum effect of the ramifications of delayed prosecutions is the erosion of faith in the law and the undermining of the rule of law.

Author : Hans-Jörg Albrecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3861131692

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Prison overcrowding - finding effective solutions by Hans-Jörg Albrecht Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780309287715

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Health and Incarceration by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration Pdf

Over the past four decades, the rate of incarceration in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented heights, both historically and in comparison to that of other developed nations. At far higher rates than the general population, those in or entering U.S. jails and prisons are prone to many health problems. This is a problem not just for them, but also for the communities from which they come and to which, in nearly all cases, they will return. Health and Incarceration is the summary of a workshop jointly sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences(NAS) Committee on Law and Justice and the Institute of Medicine(IOM) Board on Health and Select Populations in December 2012. Academics, practitioners, state officials, and nongovernmental organization representatives from the fields of healthcare, prisoner advocacy, and corrections reviewed what is known about these health issues and what appear to be the best opportunities to improve healthcare for those who are now or will be incarcerated. The workshop was designed as a roundtable with brief presentations from 16 experts and time for group discussion. Health and Incarceration reviews what is known about the health of incarcerated individuals, the healthcare they receive, and effects of incarceration on public health. This report identifies opportunities to improve healthcare for these populations and provides a platform for visions of how the world of incarceration health can be a better place.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on the Best Practices for Implementing Decarceration as a Strategy to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780309683579

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Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19 by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice,Committee on the Best Practices for Implementing Decarceration as a Strategy to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities Pdf

The conditions and characteristics of correctional facilities - overcrowded with rapid population turnover, often in old and poorly ventilated structures, a spatially concentrated pattern of releases and admissions in low-income communities of color, and a health care system that is siloed from community public health - accelerates transmission of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) responsible for COVID-19. Such conditions increase the risk of coming into contact with the virus for incarcerated people, correctional staff, and their families and communities. Relative to the general public, moreover, incarcerated individuals have a higher prevalence of chronic health conditions such as asthma, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, making them susceptible to complications should they become infected. Indeed, cumulative COVID-19 case rates among incarcerated people and correctional staff have grown steadily higher than case rates in the general population. Decarcerating Correctional Facilities during COVID-19 offers guidance on efforts to decarcerate, or reduce the incarcerated population, as a response to COIVD-19 pandemic. This report examines best practices for implementing decarceration as a response to the pandemic and the conditions that support safe and successful reentry of those decarcerated.

Author : Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Prison and Jail Overcrowding Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : PSU:000031498371

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A Strategy to Alleviate Overcrowding in Pennsylvania's Prisons and Jails by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Prison and Jail Overcrowding Task Force Pdf

Author : Simone Santorso
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000832464

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The Politics of Prison Crowding by Simone Santorso Pdf

The Politics of Prison Crowding investigates recent transformations in Italy’s penal system to make the key analytical observation that conditions of overcrowding have become the ‘new normal’ under which the modern prison system continues to operate and deliver punishment. Engaging with the politics of crowding thus entails a direct and pertinent engagement with the modern state’s politics of criminal justice and social control. Worldwide, over the last decades, a growing number of jurisdictions have prison systems operating above or to the limit of their capacity, yet little attention has been paid to these elements in the analysis of prison politics and day-to-day functions. By exploring the crowding issue, this book offers an original and interesting insight into the politics and dynamics characterising contemporary prison systems. The hypothesis of this book is that the politics of prison crowding have become the template for the daily administration of the prison system, which incorporates not just policy and rules but day-to-day functions and practices regulating life behind bars. Through interviews in modern Italian prisons, the book brings to light a radical redefinition of a carceral system that harshens the delivery of punishment while justifying this exacerbation of pain by adding new bureaucratic logic to the administration of the penal system within a narrative of compliance to human rights standards. By shedding new light on prison politics to open new critical perspectives and research paths, The Politics of Prison Crowding offers a fundamental tool to scholars, students, and all professional policymakers and practitioners dealing with prison policies and the politics of justice.

Author : Clara Burbano Herrera,Yves Haeck
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031114847

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Human Rights Behind Bars by Clara Burbano Herrera,Yves Haeck Pdf

This book brings together leading authorities from the fields of international human rights law, criminology, legal medicine, and political science with international human rights judges and UN experts to analyze the current situation of detainees in Europe, the Americas and Africa. This comprehensive volume offers a platform for reflecting on the complexity of the prison problem from a multidisciplinary perspective. The authors address detention-related issues with the aim of generating new ideas that contribute to both academic discussion and critical analysis. Academic dialogue across the globe provides insights into various national and international carceral systems and how they deal with human rights behind bars. At the same time, the critical comparison helps to identify basic needs and practices that can work in multiple settings. The contributors are respected experts and leading scholars in their fields, and each has pursued prison and human rights research over the last decades. However, this is the first time that they have come together in a multidisciplinary academic project. This book aims to stimulate diverse actors to imagine alternative ways of engaging with persons deprived of their liberty, in academia and in practice.

Author : Kumar Abhinav
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781639403936

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Covid-19 Lockdown by Kumar Abhinav Pdf

“Crime doesn’t exist in black and white, but is born out of a grey area that needs to be analysed through a gendered, intersectional perspective.” However, these days a common belief is called – there’s a shift in penal philosophy from deterrence to reformation with the enactment of ‘The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958,’ and the various amendments in CrPC. Still, large numbers of young, first-time and petty offenders continue to form the main bulk of overcrowding figures in the prison population of the country. Just by turning the pages of the newspaper with a distracted mind, suddenly the eyes tickle on a news... When a pregnant 26-year-old woman walked into Byculla Women’s Jail in 2013, accused of being a Naxalite, the other inmates cautioned her to be extremely careful and not draw the ire of the prison officials. She wouldn’t be given nutritious food and had to be lucky if they took her to a hospital before her water broke. Are our prison world still the laboratories of torture?

Author : Jennie K. Singer,Dilip K. Das,Eileen Ahlin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781439835791

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Trends in Corrections by Jennie K. Singer,Dilip K. Das,Eileen Ahlin Pdf

Offering rare insiders perspectives, Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World is a comprehensive survey of correctional programming and management styles used across nations. Twelve chapters present transcribed interviews of corrections leaders along with a brief portrait of the corrections system in those jurisd

Author : Christine S. Scott-Hayward,Jennifer E. Copp,Stephen Demuth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000431865

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Handbook on Pretrial Justice by Christine S. Scott-Hayward,Jennifer E. Copp,Stephen Demuth Pdf

The Handbook on Pretrial Justice covers the front end of the criminal legal system from pretrial diversion to pretrial detention or release. Often overlooked, the decisions made at the earliest phases of the criminal legal system have huge implications for defendants and their families, the community, and the system itself, and impact the entire criminal legal system. This collection of essays and reports of original research explores the complexities of pretrial decisions and practices and includes chapters in the following broad areas: the consequences of detention, pretrial decision-making, community supervision, and risk assessment. The book also includes a section looking at pretrial justice outside of the U.S. Each chapter summarizes what is known, identifies the gaps in the research, and discusses the theoretical, empirical, and policy implications of the research findings. This is Volume 6 of the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Corrections and Sentencing handbook series. The handbooks provide in-depth coverage of seminal and topical issues around sentencing and correction for scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers.

Author : Curt Taylor Griffiths,Yvon Dandurand,Danielle Murdoch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : UCBK:C099187307

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The Social Reintegration of Offenders and Crime Prevention by Curt Taylor Griffiths,Yvon Dandurand,Danielle Murdoch Pdf

Author : James M. Byrne,Don Hummer,Sabrina S. Rapisarda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000426519

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The Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Institutional and Community Corrections by James M. Byrne,Don Hummer,Sabrina S. Rapisarda Pdf

The authors of the chapters included in this volume provide preliminary answers to questions such as: How extensive were COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons, jails, and community corrections systems globally? Which regions and countries reported the largest outbreaks? Why were prisons and jails found to be "hot spots" for the spread of COVID-19 in most countries? How did governments initially respond to COVID-19 outbreaks in their corrections systems? Did the mitigation strategies used in each country reduce the spread of the infection in the corrections system (both in prisons and jails, and in community corrections)? Did the corrections-focused mitigation strategies used in each country have a positive or an adverse impact on public health and public safety? How likely is it that the varied short-term mitigation strategies implemented by governments will result in long-term changes in corrections policies and practices? The book includes three chapters examining the global impact of the COVID-19 outbreaks, six regional overviews, and 27 country-specific reviews, including reviews targeting 21 of the 50 largest prison systems globally. This collection will be an excellent resource for researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and the general public interested in knowing more about the nature and extent of COVID-19 outbreaks in corrections systems globally, and about the diversity of responses developed and implemented by governments from each global region. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Victims & Offenders.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1973 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781799834335

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Research Anthology on Rehabilitation Practices and Therapy by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

The availability of practical applications, techniques, and case studies by international therapists is limited despite expansions to the fields of clinical psychology, rehabilitation, and counseling. As dialogues surrounding mental health grow, it is important to maintain therapeutic modalities that ensure the highest level of patient-centered rehabilitation and care are met across global networks. Research Anthology on Rehabilitation Practices and Therapy is a vital reference source that examines the latest scholarly material on trends and techniques in counseling and therapy and provides innovative insights into contemporary and future issues within the field. Highlighting a range of topics such as psychotherapy, anger management, and psychodynamics, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for mental health professionals, counselors, therapists, clinical psychologists, sociologists, social workers, researchers, students, and social science academicians seeking coverage on significant advances in rehabilitation and therapy.

Author : Jeffrey Ian Ross
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447318729

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Key Issues in Corrections by Jeffrey Ian Ross Pdf

Key Issues in Corrections is an engaging textbook critically analyzing the most important challenges affecting the correctional system in the USA. Written by a highly respected expert in the field, and building on his best-selling book Special problems in corrections, it examines long-standing and emerging issues, grounding the discussion in empirical research and current events. Updates to this edition include: • Integrating new scholarship, lawsuits, and the use of technology • The introduction and evaluation of new policies and practices • New sections on “The Privatization of Prisons” and “The Death Penalty” Primarily written for undergraduate students who have already had an introduction to the topic, the book offers a no-nonsense approach to explaining the problems of correctional officers, correctional managers, prisoners, and the public.

Author : Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309298016

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The Growth of Incarceration in the United States by Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council Pdf

After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States has increased fivefold during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in Western Europe and other democracies. The U.S. prison population is largely drawn from the most disadvantaged part of the nation's population: mostly men under age 40, disproportionately minority, and poorly educated. Prisoners often carry additional deficits of drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical illnesses, and lack of work preparation or experience. The growth of incarceration in the United States during four decades has prompted numerous critiques and a growing body of scientific knowledge about what prompted the rise and what its consequences have been for the people imprisoned, their families and communities, and for U.S. society. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines research and analysis of the dramatic rise of incarceration rates and its affects. This study makes the case that the United States has gone far past the point where the numbers of people in prison can be justified by social benefits and has reached a level where these high rates of incarceration themselves constitute a source of injustice and social harm. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines policy changes that created an increasingly punitive political climate and offers specific policy advice in sentencing policy, prison policy, and social policy. The report also identifies important research questions that must be answered to provide a firmer basis for policy. This report is a call for change in the way society views criminals, punishment, and prison. This landmark study assesses the evidence and its implications for public policy to inform an extensive and thoughtful public debate about and reconsideration of policies.