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Djachenko, Ashleigh, Winsome St John, and Creina Mitchell. "Smoking cessation in male prisoners: a literature review." International Journal of Prisoner Health 11, no. 1 (March 16, 2015): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijph-10-2014-0035.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the available literature relating to smoking cessation (SC) for the male prisoner population. Design/methodology/approach – Databases PubMed, CINAHL and MEDLINE were searched for English language studies from 1990 to 2012. The authors identified 12 papers examining SC in male prisoners. Full-text articles were analysed for inclusion. Findings – A total of 12 studies were identified for inclusion. Four studies focused on forced abstinence (a smoking ban) while the remainder looked at various combinations of nicotine replacement, pharmacology and behavioural techniques. No robust studies were found that examined nursing approaches to SC for the prisoner population. The evidence shows a strong “pro-smoking” culture in prison and that many prisoners continue to smoke irrespective of an enforced ban. However, SC strategies can be successful if implemented systematically and supported by consistent policies. Research limitations/implications – Female-only prisoner studies were excluded as females comprise just 7 per cent of the Australian prisoner population. The analysis does not differentiate between maximum- or minimum-security prisons, or length of prison sentence. Results cannot be generalised to other forms of detention such as police custody or immigration detention centres. Studies were not appraised for quality, as exclusion on that basis would render further exploration untenable. The analysis was presented in a narrative rather than meta-analytical format and may be subject to interpretation. Practical implications – This paper provides a foundation on which to build further research evidence into the smoking behaviour of prisoners. This information can be used to advocate for healthier public policy for a vulnerable and marginalised population. Originality/value – To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first literature review into SC interventions in prisons. The authors apply the findings of this literature review to the five strategies for health promotion to propose a population approach to smoking cessation in male prisoners. Recommendations specific to the correctional environment are outlined for consideration by correctional health professionals.
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Dzierzyńska-Breś, Sonia. "The economic situation and social interactions of prisoners’ families." Interdyscyplinarne Konteksty Pedagogiki Specjalnej, no. 29 (October 15, 2020): 193–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ikps.2020.29.09.
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This article shows the current state of knowledge about: the economic situation and social interactions of families of prisoners. An in-depth analysis of own research, as well as those presented so far in Polish and foreign literature, has allowed to distinguish three types of social situations of families of prisoners, with particular emphasis on their economic situation and social interactions, namely; (1) the social situation of a family supporting the resocialization of the prisoner, (2) the social situation of a prisoner’s family, which is in opposition to the process of resocialization, (3) the social situation of a family focused on the reconstruction of its own social environment.
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Saharuddin, Saharuddin, and Mohammad Ghufron Az. "Pemenuhan Hak bagi Narapidana Berupa Upah Kerja pada Lembaga Pemasyarakatan di Indonesia." Bhirawa Law Journal 3, no. 1 (May 27, 2022): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.26905/blj.v3i1.7986.
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One form of guidance for inmates is training in the field of skills that will be very useful for the prisoner's life after leaving / being released from the correctional facility. Every prisoner has the right to receive a wage or premium for the work he has done. The formulation of the problem raised is how the arrangements regarding the provision of wages / premiums for inmates who work in prisons and whether the granting of rights in the form of wages / premiums for inmates who work in prisons has fulfilled the principle of justice. The research method used is normative juridical, namely research using primary legal materials in the form of laws and regulations, secondary legal materials in the form of literature related to the rights of prisoners in correctional institutions, especially those related to work wages. The result of this research is that the regulation regarding the rights of prisoners, especially those related to the provision of wages, is Article 14 of Law Number 12 of 1995, Government Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 32 of 1999 and Decree of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Indonesia Number. M.01-PP.02.01 Year 1990. According to the author, the percentage of wages to inmates has met the principle of justice considering that in addition to getting wages, prisoners also get training regarding skills which later can be used as provisions when leaving the correctional institution for free.
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TAUFIK, ZAHRATUL’AIN, DENI HARTAWAN, and PUTRI RAODAH. "PELAKSANAAN HAK KONSTITUSIONAL NARAPIDANA UNTUK MEMILIH PADA PILKADA SERENTAK YANG DAERAHNYA BELUM MEMILIKI LAPAS." GANEC SWARA 18, no. 1 (March 4, 2024): 478. http://dx.doi.org/10.35327/gara.v18i1.783.
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The purpose of this writing is to know and understand the implementation of the constitutional rights of prisoners to vote in simultaneous regional elections whose regions do not yet have prisons. It is known that constitutional rights are rights owned by every citizen. These constitutional rights are not limited only because a citizen becomes a prisoner or a person who is serving a sentence for committing a criminal offense. The existence of prisoners detained in detention centers outside the electoral districts is often missed in the process of updating voter data conducted by the KPU, so that so far the voting rights possessed by these prisoners have never been used properly. Problems related to the constitutional rights of prisoners related to the right to vote in Pilkada occur in several regions in Indonesia, one of which is in North Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province. This paper is then conducted by collecting and reviewing literature legal materials sourced from various sources of literature, with a Legislative Approach approach that results in invitations and Conceptual Approaches, then analyzed with descriptive analysis methods. The implementation of Regional Head Elections for prisoners in the North Lombok area cannot be carried out, because the KPU as the election organizer does not provide polling stations for prisoners in North Lombok which makes the constitutional rights of prisoners not implemented
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Bramandita, Riki, Rizal Sofyan Gueci, and Gregorius Hernamarwan Kristyanto. "The Fulfillment of Prisoners' Rights by Establishing Private Prisons as an Alternative to Prisoner Development is Reviewed from Law Number 22 of 2022 Concerning Corrections." Interdiciplinary Journal and Hummanity (INJURITY) 2, no. 9 (September 16, 2023): 795–811. http://dx.doi.org/10.58631/injurity.v2i9.125.
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The problem of prisons in Indonesia has not been resolved until now. There are 3 (three) main problems to date, namely, Overcrowded Prisoners, Lack of Human Resources in Prisons and Large Costs. This greatly affects the rights of prisoners themselves, where the rights of prisoners have been regulated both in International (Standard minimum Rules For The Treatment Of Prisoner) and National provisions (Law Number 22 of 2022 concerning Corrections). This research aims to answer legal problems regarding how the government has been managing prisons and private prisons as an alternative solution to the problems of prisons in Indonesia. To answer the research problem, this study uses a type of normative legal research with a legal approach, concepts and comparisons. The data used are secondary data supported by primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials obtained through literature research or document studies. The results of this study show that in managing prisons, legally Indonesia has made significant improvements and more implemented the human rights system by changing the orientation of retaliation to coaching prisoners. However, in its implementation, the Indonesian government still finds it difficult to implement these noble intentions and until now there are 3 (three) major problems that have not been addressed, namely Overcrowded Prisoners, Lack of Human Resources in Prisons and Large Costs. To be able to implement these noble intentions, there is an alternative solution, namely the implementation of private prisons with the Public Private Partnership system or Hybrid System where this system has been successfully applied in France and produces efficiency for the state
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Earthrowl, Mark, John O'Grady, and Luke Birmingham. "Providing treatment to prisoners with mental disorders: development of a policy." British Journal of Psychiatry 182, no. 4 (April 2003): 299–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.182.4.299.
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BackgroundMental disorder is more prevalent among people in prison than in the general population. Prisoners who require transfer to psychiatric hospitals for treatment face long delays. Doctors working in prisons regularly face ethical and legal dilemmas posed by prisoners with mental illness.AimsTo develop a policy for providing treatment under the common law to prisoners with mental disorders who lack treatment decision-making capacity while arrangements are made to transfer them to hospital.MethodThe policy was developed through literature review and consultation with the Faculty of Law at Southampton University and health care staff at Winchester prison in the UK.ResultsThe policy provides guidelines for establishing decision-making capacity standards for documentation, and guidelines for implementation based on the Mental Health Act Code of Practice, other best-practice guidelines and case law.ConclusionsIt can be argued that case law allows more-extensive treatment to be provided in the best interests of the incompetent prisoner, beyond emergency situations. The policy has ethical implications and its use should be carefully monitored.
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Calavita, Kitty, and Valerie Jenness. "RACE, GRIEVANCE SYSTEMS, AND PRISONERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE IN THREE CALIFORNIA PRISONS." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 15, no. 1 (2018): 153–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742058x17000200.
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AbstractA large body of social science consistently documents race differences in the U.S. criminal justice system and in related perceptions of justice. It is now beyond dispute that the criminal justice system is racialized in a plethora of ways that have consequences for how people perceive justice. Another vast body of literature documents the importance of perceptions of procedural justice in people’s satisfaction with dispute management and outcomes. Informed by these two well-established literatures, we draw on original quantitative and qualitative data, including a random sample of interviews with 120 men in three California prisons, to present an empirical analysis of prisoners’ experiences with the prisoner grievance system, their level of satisfaction with the process and outcomes of that system, and their perceptions of fairness. We find an absence of race effects regarding how fairly they say they have been treated in the past by the criminal justice system and in how they assess justice in the prisoner grievance system in particular. Specifically, we find that: 1) male prisoners’ perceptions of whether the overall criminal justice system has been fair to them in the past does not vary by race in statistically significant ways; and 2) the dominance of substantive grievance outcomes over procedural elements in prisoners’ satisfaction holds regardless of racial self-identification. We explain these findings by arguing that prison may perversely level the attitudinal gap among those who are subject to this profound experience of state power.
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Riley, Ben J., Amii Larsen, Malcolm Battersby, and Peter Harvey. "Problem Gambling Among Australian Male Prisoners: Lifetime Prevalence, Help-Seeking, and Association With Incarceration and Aboriginality." International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 62, no. 11 (November 7, 2017): 3447–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624x17740557.
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Prisoners represent a group containing the highest problem gambling (PG) rate found in any population. PG is of particular concern among Indigenous Australians. Little data exist concerning PG rates among Indigenous Australian prisoners. The present study aimed to address this gap in the literature by examining the lifetime prevalence of PG among male prisoners, whilst identifying prisoners of Aboriginal background. The EIGHT Gambling Screen (Early Intervention Gambling Health Test) was administered to 296 prisoners across three male prisons in South Australia. Previous help-seeking behaviour and forms of gambling were also examined. Sixty percent of prisoners indicated a lifetime prevalence of PG with 18% reporting they were incarcerated due to offending relating to their gambling problem. Indigenous Australian prisoners indicated a significantly higher prevalence of PG (75%) than non-Indigenous prisoners (57%) and reported less than half the rate of help-seeking. Given the high levels of PG and overall low rates of help-seeking among prisoners, prisons may provide an important opportunity to engage this high-risk population with effective treatment programs, in particular culturally appropriate targeted interventions for Australian Indigenous prisoners.
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Hidayati, Nur Oktavia, Suryani Suryani, Laili Rahayuwati, and Nur Setiawati Dewi. "Scoping Review of Mental Health Problems among Female Prisoners." Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 9, T6 (November 15, 2021): 80–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.7322.
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BACKGROUND: Detention can cause problems and stressors for prisoners, one of which is mental health problems. Female prisoners have a high rate of mental health needs in prisons. Awareness and the ability to recognize prisoners’ health problems are important. Therefore, the mental welfare of female prisoners is the responsibility of each prison. AIM: This review aimed to identify mental health problems among female prisoners. METHODS: The method used was a scoping review. A systematic searched of the literature between 2000 and August 2021 on several databases and search engines, namely, PubMed, CINAHL, SAGE Journals, and Google Scholar using keywords in English, namely, mental health, female prisoners, and prison. RESULTS: Of the 112 articles found, nine were eligible for inclusion. It was found that the mental health problems of female prisoners were anxiety, depression, substance abuse, stress, loss and grief, trauma, and suicide attempts that put them at risk of psychological distress. There was still limited study on female prisoners, especially to explore mental health problems in prison, and there were few studies discussing adjustment to female prisoners in prison, as well as mental health services which are still rarely carried out in prisons. CONCLUSION: Based on the findings, it is recommended for future research to focus more on how female prisoners can access mental health services in prisons to overcome their mental health problems, conduct a deeper exploration of the extent to which mental health services in prisons have been carried out so far.
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Marzano, Lisa, Karen Ciclitira, and Joanna R. Adler. "Non-suicidal self-harm amongst incarcerated men: a qualitative study." Journal of Criminal Psychology 6, no. 4 (November 7, 2016): 157–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcp-04-2016-0017.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the needs and motivations of incarcerated men who self-harm with no apparent suicidal intent. These have received little attention in research and policy, despite men accounting for a high and increasing proportion of self-harm in prisons. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 adult male prisoners with a recent history or thoughts of non-suicidal self-harm. The interviews were analysed drawing on principles of thematic analysis and discourse analysis. Findings Against a backdrop of early traumatic experiences and more recent adverse events (including prison-related ones), self-harm was described by many as a desperate – but meaningful – coping strategy; both a means of releasing tension, sadness and frustration, and of being heard in an unresponsive system. Originality/value These findings echo those of research conducted with women (including women prisoners) who self-harm, but challenge some of the more negative ways in which non-suicidal male prisoner self-harm has been portrayed in the (scant) previous literature. As well as pointing to the need for greater awareness of the complex needs of men in prisons, they underscore the importance of (also) exploring – and perhaps addressing – the issue of self-harm separately from suicide, and of striving to make prisons, as well as prisoners, “healthier” and better able to cope with pressure.
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Heliany, Ina, and Muhenri Sihotang. "APPLICATION OF CONJUGAL VISIT IN THE INDONESIAN STATUTORY SYSTEM FOR CORRECTIONAL ASSISTED PERSONS." International Journal of Islamic Education, Research and Multiculturalism (IJIERM) 4, no. 2 (November 28, 2022): 164–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.47006/ijierm.v4i2.158.
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The problem of meeting the sexual needs or biological needs of prisoners is a problem that is often the cause of chaos in prisons. The non-channeling of these needs sometimes causes the inmate's emotions to become uncontrollable. In Indonesia, some provisions allow married prisoners to gather with their families through CMK (Family Visiting Leave) as stipulated in the Decree of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Indonesia Number: M.01-PK.03.02 of 2001 concerning Family Visiting Leave for Prisoners. This regulation provides an opportunity for married inmates to go to their family's residence for 2 (two) days or 2 x 24 hours to allow the married prisoner to meet his sexual needs while taking time off. However, in practice, these regulations have yet to be maximized because this is often used by officers and has become a topic of discussion in the mass media. Various opinions and studies mention the need for prisoners to be given this right, one of which is the Conjugal Visit policy. Conjugal Visit is also often referred to as the "Romance Chamber". Based on this, researchers are interested in researching how the Indonesian Law Regulation system regulates conjugal visits. The method used is the Normative Juridical method. They are namely answering problems through literature both primary, secondary and tertiary. The assumption found is that Cobjugal Visit has yet to be regulated and has no legal umbrella. However, this is a basic right for every human being having his status, whether he is a Prisoner or a free man.
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Te Pere, Mereana, and Georgina Stewart. "Challenges facing a Māori prison education leader." Leadership for justice 41, no. 2 (December 10, 2021): 33–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.46786/ac21.4929.
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Māori are severely over-represented in the prison population of Aotearoa New Zealand, making up over half of all prisoners, despite being only about 15% of the national population. These Māori statistics are well-known, and support racist perceptions of Māori in general. There is substantial literature on Māori imprisonment in Criminology and related fields, but it mostly focuses on ‘fixing’ the prisoner. Prison education is a neglected topic in extant educational research. Little research exists on the experiences of those who work in prisons, and little or none about the experiences of Māori prison educators. Prison education focuses on changing behaviours that lead to offending and helping prisoners to gain work and life skills. But security concerns and managing the prison population take precedence and restrict the availability and priority given to education. The recent Hōkai Rangi strategy has generated enthusiasm, but has yet to translate into positive results.
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Symkovych, Anton. "Do Men in Prison Have Nothing to Lose but Their Manhood? Masculinities of Prisoners and Officers in a Ukrainian Correctional Colony." Men and Masculinities 21, no. 5 (March 1, 2017): 665–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184x17696172.
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The article sets out to show how power and identity intertwine. Its close look at Ukrainian prison culture complements a recent string of studies in the “West” by demonstrating the nuanced role of violence and masculinity in men’s prisons. Whereas much of the extant literature links prison violence to a hypermasculine culture, this article, based on a semiethnographic study in Ukraine, details how a masculine-centered, hierarchical prisoner structure curtails violence. Even so, prisoners are forced to exercise masculine agility, as their provisional manliness determines their place in the hierarchy and thus, by extension, their quality of life. I explore how prisoners and officers construct, prove, and maintain their masculine identities in a milieu of rigid structures and limited resources. I demonstrate how masculine models and discourses are diverse, dynamic, and contested and argue that men as agents tap into them to frame flexible identities to suit their needs.
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Suci, Putri Wulan, and Raja Ritonga. "Pemberian Remisi Sebagai Upaya Penanganan Over Kapasitas Di Rutan Kelas I Jakarta Pusat." Viva Themis Jurnal Ilmu Hukum 6, no. 1 (January 29, 2024): 97–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.24967/vt.v6i1.2608.
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Remission is one of the supporting legal means that provides influence in realizing the goals of the correctional system. Considering that currently the Class I Detention Center in Central Jakarta is experiencing a number of inmates that exceeds capacity or is over capacity. Of course, granting remissions to prisoners will be one of the efforts to reduce overcapacity in prisons or detention centers. So the aim of this research is to describe how granting remissions can help reduce the current overcapacity in Class I Detention Centers in Central Jakarta. The research used is qualitative research with the type of field research. Primary research data was collected through observation, interviews and documentation. Secondary data was collected through literature study. Next, all the found data were analyzed descriptively. The research results show that granting remissions can reduce the sentence but remissions have not been able to reduce overcapacity. Apart from that, there are still several obstacles in granting remission to prisoners even though the provisions have been regulated in Law no. 22 of 2022 concerning Corrections. Among the obstacles found were related to the completeness of prisoner administration and the behavioral factors of the prisoners themselves.
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Skues, Jason, Jeffrey Pfeifer, Alfie Oliva, and Lisa Wise. "Responding to the Needs of Prisoners with Learning Difficulties in Australia." International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education 4, no. 1 (January 2019): 113–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijbide.2019010108.
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Offenders who are convicted of a crime in Australia are encouraged to participate in educational and vocational training programs during their time in prison. However, one of the significant challenges encountered by not only prisoners who enroll in educational and vocational training programs, but also for the staff who teach into these programs, are prisoners who experience learning difficulties. Prison teachers and other staff are ordinarily unaware of which offenders experience such difficulties. Given that unidentified learning difficulties are associated with poor educational, employment and psychological outcomes, it is critical that prisoners who experience specific learning difficulties are identified, and that educational and vocational training programs offered in prisons cater for the diverse learning needs of all prisoners. This review highlights issues with the identification of learning difficulties and proposes methods of supporting prisoners who experience learning difficulties and the people tasked with managing them. Such a review offers an important contribution to the literature on educational and vocational training programs in prisons as well as practical implications for prisoners, teachers and administrators.
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Emirali, Aliye, Rachel O'Rourke, and Caroline Friendship. "Desistance from absconding: “You’ve got to have hope”." Journal of Forensic Practice 22, no. 4 (October 12, 2020): 223–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfp-04-2020-0020.
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Purpose This paper explores absconding from a new perspective. Literature has tended to focus on the risk factors linked with absconding. This paper aims to consider desistance factors for absconding for prisoners at higher risk of absconding in open prisons. Design/methodology/approach Stage 1 used logistic regression to identify factors associated with increased risk of absconding. Stage 2 identified new receptions with increased risk and used thematic analysis to analyse interviews with prisoners that did not abscond after three months. Findings Stage 1 found that the total number of previous offences predicted absconding. Stage 2 found three themes linked to desistance in absconding: “support”, “ownership” and “sense of self”. Practical implications This study highlights the importance of ensuring prisoners in open prisons are offered the appropriate emotional and practical support. It also identifies the importance of hope amongst prisoners in open conditions. Future research should further explore this idea in more depth. Originality/value Previous literature has looked at absconding from a risk factor perspective. This research identifies the desistance factors associated with absconding for individuals who have been identified as high risk of absconding. Improvements in factors associated with desistance from absconding may support a reduction in absconding from open prisons.
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Idrees, Muhammad, and Muhammad Bilal. "Behind Bars: A Critical Investigation of Prison’s Conditions and Protection of the Prisoner’s Human Rights in Pakistan." Review of Education, Administration & Law 6, no. 2 (June 30, 2023): 567–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.47067/real.v6i2.332.
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Prisons means any jail or place for the confinement of prisoners who are exclusively in the custody of the police. The Pakistani prison system has gone through numerous changes. With the passage of time, deteriorating state of prisons and prisoners beckoned the attention of governments and human rights organization as it began to realize that life conditions in jails is closely related criminal behavior. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the prison conditions in Pakistan and the extent to which the human rights of prisoners are protected within the country's correctional facilities. This research work utilizes a qualitative research method, including document analysis, face-to-face interviews with prisoners to gather data and provide a holistic understanding of the situation. The findings of this research contribute to the existing literature on prison conditions and human rights in Pakistan and inform policymakers about the necessary measures to enhance the well-being and rights of prisoners. By examining the legal framework, prison conditions, and the prevalence of human rights violations, this research seeks to identify the challenges faced by prisoners and propose recommendations for improving the protection of their rights.
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Alexopoulos, Golfo. "Amnesty 1945: The Revolving Door of Stalin's Gulag." Slavic Review 64, no. 2 (2005): 274–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3649985.
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Memoir literature suggests that Iosif Stalin's gulag was largely populated by political prisoners and that release from detention was extremely rare. In this article, Golfo Alexopoulos notes that most gulag inmates represented criminal offenders who cycled through Stalin's labor camps and colonies in vast numbers. She argues that the gulag formed a dynamic system in which the majority of prisoners came and went and uses Stalin's largest single release of gulag prisoners to expose the movement and tension of this revolving door. Surprisingly, Stalin's amnesty occurred over the objections of the NKVD leadership and despite great cost to the gulag system; the law was not designed to address postwar labor shortages, relieve overcrowded facilities, or remove less productive prisoners. Rather, the postwar prisoner exodus constituted a political act, and one consistent with Stalinist penal practice in which most prisoners cycled through the camps, connecting the world of the gulag with the larger society.
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Franklin, H. Bruce. "Can the Penitentiary Teach the Academy How to Read?" PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 123, no. 3 (May 2008): 643–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2008.123.3.643.
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As the shadow of the colossal american prison lengthens amid the encroaching nightfall of our twenty-first-century security state, it is pierced by a brilliant though flickering illumination: the literature created by those who have endured the terrors of America's walls and cells, with their unremitting surveillance, relentless brutality, and overpowering hopelessness. When I began teaching American prison literature back in 1975, there were 360,000 people incarcerated in the nation's jails and prisons. Today there are more than 2.4 million—almost twenty-five percent of all the prisoners in the world. During these thirty-three years, this country has constructed on average one new prison every week. Many states annually spend more on prisons than they do on higher education. More than five million Americans have been permanently disenfranchised because of felony convictions. More than seven million are under the direct control of the criminal-justice system. And the experience of these millions of prisoners and ex-prisoners becomes ever more integral to American culture, not just to the culture of the devastated neighborhoods where most prisoners grew up and to which they return but also to the culture of an entire society grown accustomed to omnipresent surveillance cameras, routine body and car searches, and police patrolling the corridors of high schools.
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Jandrić Nišević, Anita, Helena Gutrung, and Joško Vukosav. "Processes and Criteria for Positioning Prisoners in the Internal Hierarchy System Within the Penal Institution During the Imprisonment." Kriminalističke teme, no. 2 (February 19, 2022): 65–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.51235/kt.2021.21.2.65.
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Bearing in mind the specifics of the functioning and organization of prisons and penitentiaries and the heterogeneity of the population serving prison sentences, the occurrence of the positioning of prisoners within the hierarchical system is expected. The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the processes and criteria for positioning prisoners in the internal hierarchical system while serving a prison sentence, in order to identify potential activities that may affect the security level of the institution and disrupt rehabilitation efforts. A review of the literature found that the following factors have a key influence on the position of prisoners in the internal hierarchical social order: masculinity, type of crime, age and length of stay in the penitentiary institution, as well as behaviors related to adherence / violation of the prison code. The results of the literature analysis point to the fact that at the top of the hierarchy are dominant and masculine prisoners and older, experienced prisoners with longer time of imprisonment. On the other hand, the lowest positions belong to perpetrators of crimes against children and to prisoners in collusion with prison staff. The positioning of prisoners within the social hierarchy is associated with the occurrence of violent behavior, which can negatively affect the relations of prisoners with prison staff and the success and results of their rehabilitation procedures. On the other hand, the potential positive consequences, such as maintaining order or cooperation some prisoners with staff in favor of detecting and resolving internal problems, are not negligible. Adequate familiarity of professionals and staff with the social hierarchy of prisoners, as an almost inseparable part of the prison environment, can be used to create treatment methods to maintain order and security of the penitentiary institution and thus potentially improve rehabilitation outcomes and quality of life of prisoners.
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Kajawo, Samson C. R. "Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: Is it Even an Offender Rehabilitation Option in Africa?" Advanced Journal of Social Science 8, no. 1 (March 22, 2021): 67–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/ajss.8.1.67-76.
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Conjugal rights issue in prisons is indeed an old debate. This article reviewed the literature on the genesis of prisoners’ conjugal visits programme, its global prevalence and the scholarly debate for and against its provision to understand if it can be a rehabilitation option in African countries’ prisons. It has been noted that conjugal visits programme was haphazardly started in the 1900s in Mississippi before becoming an official programme in 1989. Though they were discontinued later in 2014 in Mississippi, conjugal visits are still provided in many penitentiary facilities in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Studies have revealed that conjugal visits are capable of reducing the problems of homosexuality, sexual assaults and physical violence in prisons. It has also been observed that, apart from the fact that denial of conjugal rights to the prisoners’ spouse could be a form of punishment to innocent victims, conjugal visits can be incentives for good prisoners’ behaviour and rehabilitation in prisons. However, apart from the fact the programme is likely to be expensive and costly to African countries whom their general strife is prisoners’ overcrowding, most of the arguments against conjugal visits are moral-based such as that the programme is likely to perpetrate one-parent family system and is prone to abuse by both prisoners and prison staff. It has, therefore, been concluded that it cannot hurt anybody if legally married prisoners and their spouses are provided with a right to enjoy conjugal visits especially in those jurisdictions which have embraced rehabilitation philosophy.
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McParland, Chris, and Bridget Margaret Johnston. "Palliative and end of life care in prisons: a mixed-methods rapid review of the literature from 2014–2018." BMJ Open 9, no. 12 (December 2019): e033905. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033905.
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ObjectivesTo explore current practice in relation to palliative and end of life care in prisons, and to make recommendations for its future provision.DesignA rapid literature review of studies using qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods, with a narrative synthesis of results.Data sourcesSix databases searched between January 2014 to December 2018: ASSIA, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts and Scopus.Eligibility criteriaPrimary research articles reporting qualitative or quantitative findings about palliative and end of life care in prisons, published in peer-reviewed, English language journals between January 2014 to December 2018.ParticipantsPrisoners, prisoners’ families, prison healthcare staff and other prison staff.Data extraction/synthesisData extracted included: citation, design, aim, setting, sample/population, methods and key findings. Data were analysed thematically then subject to a narrative synthesis in order to answer the research questions.Quality appraisalTwo researchers independently appraised articles using the Qualsyst tool, by Kmet et al (2004). Aggregate summary quality scores are included with findings. Articles were not excluded based on quality appraisal.Results23 articles were included (16 qualitative, 6 quantitative, 1 mixed methods). Top three findings (by prevalence) were: fostering relationships with people both inside and outside of prison is important to prisoners with palliative and end of life care needs, inmate hospice volunteers are able to build and maintain close relationships with the prisoners they care for and the conflicting priorities of care and custody can have a negative impact on the delivery of palliative and end of life care in prisons.ConclusionsThe key findings are: relationships are important to prisoners at the end of life, inmate hospice volunteers can build close bonds with the prisoners in their care and the prison environment and regime conflicts with best practices in palliative and end of life care. Directions for future research are also identified.PROSPERO registration numberPROSPERO ID: CRD42019118737. Registered January 2019.
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Mjåland, Kristian, and Julie Laursen. "Pragmatic and Permeable Egalitarianism:." Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab 108, no. 1 (March 27, 2021): 174–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/ntfk.v108i1.125570.
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AbstractThe social world of prisons is typically described as hierarchical in the prison sociological literature where offence type, displays of (hegemonic)masculinity and involvement in the informal economy impact prisoners’ social standing. Based on fieldwork and interviews (N=181) with men and women in seven different Norwegian prisons, this article describes prisoner cultures where such hierarchies were either absent or of little significance. Rather than pointing out differences in status and standing, the prisoners interviewed tended to insist that they were equal and the same. In order to make sense of this finding, which contrasts dominant accounts in the prison sociological literature, the article engages with scholarship on the role and roots of egalitarianism in Norwegian society. Organizing the discussion around the concepts of ‘egalitarian permeability’, ‘pragmatic egalitarianism’ and ‘social labour’, the article argues that the egalitarian culture of Norwegian (open) prisons is shaped by norms in the wider Norwegian society and the pragmatic choices prisoners make to cope socially in prison everyday life.AbstractI fengselssosiologien blir fengselets sosiale liv ofte beskrevet som hierarkisk. Studier har vist at lovbruddstype, (hegemonisk) maskulinitetog involvering i den illegale økonomien har betydning for fangenes sosiale status og posisjon. Basert på feltarbeid og intervju (N=181) med menn og kvinner i syv norske fengsler viser denne artikkelen at slike hierarki var enten fraværende eller av liten betydning. I stedet for å påpeke forskjeller i status og posisjon vektla fangene som ble intervjuet ofte at de var like og likeverdige. For å forstå dette forskningsfunnet, som bryter med beskrivelser i deler av forskningslitteraturen, henter artikkelen inspirasjon fra forskning om den norske egalitære kulturen. Ved å organisere diskusjonen om begrepene ‘egalitarian permeability, ‘pragmatic egalitarianism’ og ‘sociallabour’ argumenterer vi for at den egalitære kulturen i norske (åpne) fengsler er formet av normer og verdier i det norske samfunnet, og av de pragmatiske valgene fangene gjør for å håndtere fengselshverdagen best mulig.
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Catalano, Grazia, Jonathan Mason, Claire Elise Brolan, Siobhan Loughnan, and David Harley. "Screening prisoners for cognitive impairment – literature review." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour 11, no. 4 (June 30, 2020): 201–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jidob-01-2020-0001.
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Purpose The authors reviewed studies of validated tools to screen for cognitive impairment among prisoners. The purpose of this paper is to assist organisations in identifying cognitive impairment in correctional facilities. Design/methodology/approach A targeted literature review identified peer-reviewed articles on screening of adults in jails, prisons, police watch-houses, custody suites, rehabilitation facilities and forensic settings or community settings for offenders. Validation of screening tools in secure settings, psychometric properties and cultural discrimination is included in this review. Findings Eight screening tools are considered suitable for use in correctional settings. Two screening tools are recommended for cognitive impairment, one is recommended for adaptive functioning assessment and one is recommended for screening of brain injury. Two screening tools are noted to be subject to piloting and further development for use with First Nations people, and two screening tools for cognitive impairment are noted for positive consideration. Research limitations/implications Recommendations for screening tools are based on review only and evaluation was infeasible. Practical implications Short, reliable measures of cognitive ability for use in correctional facilities are needed. Such tools must be appropriate with respect to their purpose, feasible within the clinical capability of staff and sufficiently cheap to administer to allow widespread use. Originality/value Screening of prisoners for cognitive impairment allows early detection to facilitate rehabilitation and therapy. This research is at the systems level. Therefore, the authors do not purport to provide guidance for individual clinicians.
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Iqram, Muhammad, and Herry Fernandes Butar Butar. "PELAKSANAAN PEMBINAAN NARAPIDANA DENGAN SISTEM PEMASYARAKATAN DI LAPAS KELAS IIB PARIAMAN." Pro Patria: Jurnal Pendidikan, Kewarganegaraan, Hukum, Sosial, dan Politik 5, no. 2 (September 6, 2022): 130–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.47080/propatria.v5i2.1597.
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This study aims to examine how the implementation of guidance for convicts in the Penitentiary Class IIB Pariaman. The correctional system is no longer aimed at retribution and resocialization, however, it has the goal of social reintegration. This study uses a qualitative method by conducting a literature study. The author looks for data sourced from scientific works, such as books on coaching in prisons, and also from news stories in the media. From the data from various sources, it was found that the implementation of guidance in correctional institutions is regulated by PP 31 of 1999 concerning the Guidance and Guidance of Correctional Inmates. Where in the coaching consists of various stages where there is initial coaching in the form of admission and orientation, followed by advanced coaching such as assimilation and skills development and the final coaching stage with assimilation and integration. In fostering prisoners, they highly respect the dignity of prisoners as whole human beings, every prisoner's rights must be fulfilled and must not be arbitrary to them.
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Sivak, Leda, Luke Cantley, Rachel Reilly, Janet Kelly, Karen Hawke, Harold Stewart, Kathy Mott, et al. "A model of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoner health and wellbeing in South Australia." International Journal of Prison Health 20, no. 2 (May 7, 2024): 240–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoph-06-2023-0035.
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Purpose Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are overrepresented in Australian prisons, where they experience complex health needs. A model of care was designed to respond to the broad needs of the Aboriginal prisoner population within the nine adult prisons across South Australia. The purpose of this paper is to describe the methods and findings of the Model of Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Prisoner Health and Wellbeing for South Australia. Design/methodology/approach The project used a qualitative mixed-method approach, including a rapid review of relevant literature, stakeholder consultations and key stakeholder workshop. The project was overseen by a Stakeholder Reference Group, which met monthly to ensure that the specific needs of project partners, stakeholders and Aboriginal communities were appropriately incorporated into the planning and management of the project and to facilitate access to relevant information and key informants. Findings The model of care for Aboriginal prisoner health and wellbeing is designed to be holistic, person-centred and underpinned by the provision of culturally appropriate care. It recognises that Aboriginal prisoners are members of communities both inside and outside of prison. It notes the unique needs of remanded and sentenced prisoners and differing needs by gender. Social implications Supporting the health and wellbeing of Indigenous prison populations can improve health outcomes, community health and reduce recidivism. Originality/value Only one other model of care for Aboriginal prisoner health exists in Australia, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation-initiated in-reach model of care in one prison in one jurisdiction. The South Australian model of care presents principles that are applicable across all jurisdictions and provides a framework that could be adapted to support Indigenous peoples in diverse prison settings.
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Hamja, H. "Effectiveness of Mental Development of Prisoners in Cirebon Narcotics Prison Class IIA as a Form of Correctional Purposes." Jurnal Dinamika Hukum 19, no. 1 (January 11, 2019): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.20884/1.jdh.2019.19.1.2066.
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The number of Narcotics-abuse continues to increase, for example needles and the making of tattoos, narcotics dependence not only causes a physical but also psychological impact on a person. The problem of this research was about the mental formation of prisoners and the model of their formation in the Cirebon Narcotics Prison. This research was an empirical study and the data collection included survey, observation, interview and literature studies. The data were qualitatively analyzed by descriptive method. The research findings indicated that mental coaching required operational guidance including, methadone programs, community therapy, coaching involving the community and Criminon Indonesia training programs. The mental development of Narcotics Prisoners has not fully implemented methadone and community therapy program; Criminon training has been fulfilled while the other has not. Guidance for prisoners must be integrated among the prison staff, the community and prisoners as well.Keywords: Prisoners, Prisons, Mental Development
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Gashi, Ergin. "Importance of the Libraries in Kosovo Prisons." Academicus International Scientific Journal 28 (July 2023): 169–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.7336/academicus.2023.28.10.
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This study aims to present the importance and current situation of the libraries in Kosovo Correctional Service; their function and effect on prisoners’ daily lives, rehabilitation, well-being and informal education. To reach this purpose three questions were raised: Do libraries help with prisoners’ informal learning, rehabilitation and reintegration in KCS? Are the prisoners willing to loan books from prison libraries? Do prison libraries in Kosovo offer enough books in different languages for prisoners who come from different ethnic and religious backgrounds? This research is presented through qualitative data, a literature review and interviews as instruments of the research dedicated to prison libraries within KCS and their effect on prisoners’ wellbeing and education. The study results showed that prison libraries impact positively the lives of the incarcerated population while they are paying their debts to society in Kosovo prisons for the crimes committed. Prisoners are eager to borrow medium number of books present in different languages and genres offered to them within Correctional and Detention centers all around Kosovo.
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Shahid, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Dilshad, and Samina Islam. "Analysis of Educational Facilities for Prisoners in Southern Punjab." Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (March 30, 2022): 81–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v5i1.213.
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Education plays an essential function in the political and socio-economic progress of a nation. Different studies show that education of the prisoners has great importance in society. Prisoners are those persons who are ignored in society. They want to get education. But they have not been properly treated regarding education. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the educational facilities in the prisons of Southern Punjab. The objectives of the study were to investigate the educational facilities provided to the prisoners in Southern Punjab and to find out problems related to prisoners’ education. The study was delimited to the male prisoners of Southern Punjab. Research methodology was descriptive. Data was collected through qualitative and quantitative survey. For this purpose, questionnaire and interview were developed after literature review. Data related to questionnaire survey was analyzed by applying different statistical techniques. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test of independent sample were applied to analyze the data. Qualitative analysis of interview data was made. Exact words of respondents were written for all questions. General themes from the respondents’ answers were identified. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis of data, findings were made and results were drawn. It was concluded that prisons had lack of better computers, computer labs, libraries and equipment for vocational work. Arts and science teachers were not available. It may be suggested that government should allocate sufficient fund in order to provide educational facilities to prisoners. Government should provide computers, libraries and equipment for vocational work in prisons.
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Meidinata, Marianus Ivo. "MENYIBAK LUKA KEMANUSIAAN DALAM KETIDAKLAYAKAN LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN (LAPAS)." Jurnal Ledalero 20, no. 2 (December 21, 2021): 187. http://dx.doi.org/10.31385/jl.v20i2.248.187-199.
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<em>In this study, the author focuses on the reality of the improperness of prison as something that does not suit the values of Pancasila, especially the one which talks about 'just and civilized humanity'. The author would like to explore the motives and causes why the government does not guarantee welfare for the prisoners. This research uses a qualitative approach, with a literature study as a data collection method. The author tries to see the reality of humanity and the motives that underlie the guidance of prisoners through the point of view of phenomenological philosophy. This study concludes that the Indonesian government has not been able to ensure human values for the prisoners. Improperness of the prison such as the overload of occupants is a sign that the perspective of understanding prisons and inmates is still deviant. Prison is not seen as a place of transformation but as a place of punishment, just like the old understanding of prison. The Indonesian people seem to have not been able to regard prisoners as people with dignity. </em><br /><br /><strong>Key words:</strong> Humanity, Injustice, Prisoners, Prisons, Pancasila.
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Suarda, I. Gede Widhiana. "A LITERATURE REVIEW ON INDONESIA’S DERADICALIZATION PROGRAM FOR TERRORIST PRISONERS." Mimbar Hukum 28, no. 3 (October 15, 2016): 526. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jmh.16682.
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AbstractAfter many terrorists are captured and receive prison sentences, Indonesia instituted a de-radicalization program for terrorist prisoners. As yet, however, Indonesia lacks a national policy for planning, implementing and evaluating the program. The program is currently being developed and managed locally by prison directors consistent with a prison’s circumstances and capability. This article presents a review of the literature on Indonesia’s de-radicalization program for terrorist prisoners. The objectives of this review are to understand the nature of the program, consider the results, and to indicate a new approach for future research. Intisari Setelah banyak teroris ditangkap dan menjalani pidana penjara, Indonesia mulai menjalankan program deradikalisasi terhadap narapidana teroris. Namun demikian, Indonesia belum memiliki kebijakan nasional dalam hal perencanaan, pelaksanaan dan evaluasi dari program deradikalisai. Saat ini, program dikembangkan dan dikelola secara lokal oleh kepala lembaga pemasyarakatan (Kalapas) sejalan dengan keadaan dan kemampuan lembaga pemasyarakatan (Lapas). Artikel ini menyajikan sebuah kajian pustaka tentang program deradikalisasi Indonesia terhadap narapidana teroris. Tujuan dari kajian ini adalah untuk memahami karakter programnya, menelaah hasil-hasilnya, dan untuk menunjukkan sebuah pendekatan baru dalam penelitian mendatang.
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Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira. "Remission of sentences and the constitutionality of life imprisonment in Seychelles." Jurnal HAM 15, no. 1 (March 27, 2024): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.30641/ham.2024.15.63-84.
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Section 30 of the Seychelles Prisons Act provides that the sentences of all prisoners, except those sentenced to life imprisonment or convicted of drug-related offenses of an aggravated nature, can be remitted. Section 31 of the Prisons Act empowers the Superintendent of Prisons to grant a prisoner a license to be at large. Before 2021, Seychelles law was silent on the issue of whether a person sentenced to life imprisonment had to spend the rest of his/her life in prison. As a result, offenders sentenced to life imprisonment were released after serving between 15 and 20 years. Dissatisfied with this approach, the Court of Appeal held that life imprisonment should mean imprisonment for the remainder of the offender’s life. In 2021, the Criminal Procedure Code was amended to define life imprisonment as imprisonment for the remainder of the offender’s natural life. Article 60 of the Constitution empowers the President to commute any sentence. This implies that in theory, the President could invoke Article 60 to release offenders sentenced to life imprisonment. In this article, the author relies on, amongst other sources, jurisprudence from some African countries, the European Court of Human Rights, and international human rights bodies to argue that the sentence of life imprisonment as defined in Seychelles law is unconstitutional for violating the prisoner’s rights to human dignity and not to be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. The author also relies on the drafting history of Article 10(3) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to argue, inter alia, that life imprisonment without the possibility of release is contrary to Seychelles’ international human rights obligations.
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Tobing, PL, and Emsahulina Emsahulina. "LEGAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FEMALE DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS CLASS IIA EAST JAKARTA." IBLAM LAW REVIEW 1, no. 01 (January 31, 2021): 57–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.52249/ilr.v1i01.4.
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The purpose of guiding prisoners in prison in Indonesia is so that prisoners can improve themselves so that the objectives of the correctional system can be achieved so that prisoners are nurtured and guided to become better people. A person becomes a prisoner not only because the factors that cause the crime that come from outside are material, but also because his mental and spiritual factors have been damaged as a result of mistakes and socialization that shape his personality. The formulation of the problems in this research are: 1. How is the implementation of coaching for women assisted residents in LAPAS Perempuan? 2. What are the obstacles in the implementation of coaching for women assisted citizens at the Class IIA Women's Prison, East Jakarta? The research method that I use is a normative juridical method, which is to analyze the relationship between the prevailing laws and regulations with legal theories and the practice of implementing positive law concerning the issues discussed. The conclusion in this study is that the implementation of coaching for female prisoners at the Class IIA Women's Prison, East Jakarta, includes several procedures starting from the admission of prisoners, registration to the next stage of the implementation of the development of prisoners. The implementation stage itself consists of 4 (four) stages, namely the initial stage of teaching inmates to have religious and legal awareness, the advanced stage which gives directions to the inmates to always display their talents and skills so that while in prison, the prisoners have positive activities done. Furthermore, in the advanced stage, the two prisoners who have undergone half of their prison terms, which according to the Correctional Supervisory Team (TPP) are allowed to go outside the wall (assimilation), in the last stage are given provisions to become independent humans, live happily and participate actively in the community again. Some of the obstacles in the implementation of guidance for assisted citizens at LAPAS are conditions of overcapacity of LAPAS; Some of the prisoners do not have clear families; Lack of security personnel at LAPAS; Lack of attention to the fulfillment of institutional facilities at LAPAS; Lack of human resources such as teacher assistance and trainers.
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Laursen, Julie, and Ben Laws. "Honour and respect in Danish prisons: Contesting ‘cognitive distortions’ in cognitive-behavioural programmes." Punishment & Society 19, no. 1 (August 1, 2016): 74–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1462474516649175.
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Using empirical data from prison-based cognitive-behavioural programmes, this article considers how prisoners’ subcultural capital shapes their responses to demands for ‘cognitive self-change’. We argue that accounts of ‘respect’ in the prior literature fail to capture how prisoners react to these programmes, and that a discussion of honour (and what we term ‘respect plus’) needs to be incorporated. The empirical material derives from four different cognitive-behavioural programme setups in three Danish prisons and semi-structured interviews with participants and course instructors. By attempting to create accountable and rational actors, who ‘self-manage’, the therapeutic ethos neglects participants’ life experiences and subcultural capital. Open expressions of moral values by prisoners (such as displays of honour and respect) are considered to be cognitive distortions which are dismissed by instructors, while alternative and ‘correct’ thinking styles are prescribed. Our findings advance understandings of the meanings of honour and respect in prisons in general and in cognitive-behavioural programmes in particular.
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Shehab, Ekrema, Abdelkarim Daragmeh, and Iman Rayyan. "The translation of Palestinian prisoners’ cryptic security Arabic terms into English." Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation 65, no. 5 (December 23, 2019): 648–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.00120.she.
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Abstract This study deals with the translation into English of nine cryptic security Arabic terms Palestinian prisoners have nomenclatured in response to the life conditions in Israeli prisons. These terms were collected from prison literature and through interviews with five newly-freed Palestinian prisoners who served long terms in Israeli jails. The terms’ functions are pragmatically explicated, and suitable translations, capturing their pragmatic imports, are offered. The study found that these terms have drifted from their original semantic usages and acquired new functions prompted by Palestinian prisoners’ needs for self- and mate-security concerns. In such cases of highly contextualized language usages, the translation options range from those capturing the form and/or function to those capturing the communicative sense independently.
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Hearty, Philippa, Emma Wincup, and Nat M. J. Wright. "The potential of prisons to support drug recovery." Drugs and Alcohol Today 16, no. 1 (March 7, 2016): 49–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dat-08-2015-0041.
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Purpose – Recovery is the predominant discourse within current UK drug policy, promoted as freedom from dependence. In support of such a policy driver, prison drug recovery wings have been piloted in ten prisons in England and Wales to address high drug prevalence rates in prisoner populations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the development of these specialist wings within the context of wider developments to tackle reoffending among drug-using prisoners. Design/methodology/approach – The first part of the paper offers an analysis of the emergence of the recovery paradigm in the prison context through analysis of official policy documents. The second draws predominantly upon two process evaluations of the drug recovery wings, alongside literature on prison drug treatment. Findings – There is limited empirical evidence to inform the debate about whether prisons can provide settings to facilitate recovery from the effects of illicit drug use. What is available suggests that effective therapeutic environments for recovering drug users could be established within prisons. Key components for these appear to be sufficient numbers of staff who are competent and confident in providing a dual role of support and discipline, and a common purpose of all prisoners committing to recovery from illicit drugs and supporting each other. Further research regarding the impact of drug recovery wings upon health, crime and wider social outcomes is needed. Originality/value – This paper provides an updated perspective on the development of drug treatment in prisons, with a particular focus on the implications of the new recovery paradigm.
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Dolan, Kate, Ana Rodas, and Adam Bode. "Drug and alcohol use and treatment for Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners: demand reduction strategies." International Journal of Prisoner Health 11, no. 1 (March 16, 2015): 30–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijph-02-2014-0005.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the use of drugs and alcohol by Indigenous and non-Indigenous prisoners and examine relevant treatment in Australian prisons. Design/methodology/approach – Prison authorities were surveyed about alcohol and drug use by prisoners prior to and during imprisonment and drug and alcohol treatment programs in prison. The literature was review for information on alcohol and drug use and treatment in Australian prisons. Findings – In 2009, over 80 percent of Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates smoked. Prior to imprisonment, many Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates drank alcohol at risky levels (65 vs 47 percent) and used illicit drugs (over 70 percent for both groups). Reports of using heroin (15 vs 21 percent), ATS (21 vs 33 percent), cannabis (59 vs 50 percent) and injecting (61 vs 53 percent) were similarly high for both groups. Prison-based programs included detoxification, Opioid Substitution Treatment, counselling and drug free units, but access was limited especially among Indigenous prisoners. Research limitations/implications – Drug and alcohol use was a significant issue in Australian prisons. Prisoners were over five times more likely than the general population to have a substance use disorder. Imprisonment provides an important opportunity for rehabilitation for offenders. This opportunity is especially relevant to Indigenous prisoners who were more likely to use health services when in prison than in the community and given their vast over representations in prison populations. Practical implications – Given the effectiveness of treatment in reducing re-offending rates, it is important to expand drug treatment and especially culturally appropriate treatment programs for Indigenous inmates. Originality/value – Very little is known about Indigenous specific drug and alcohol programs in Australian prisons.
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Wilkinson, Dean, and Laura Caulfield. "A systematic review of the characteristics and needs of older prisoners." Journal of Criminal Psychology 10, no. 4 (September 21, 2020): 253–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcp-06-2020-0023.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and understand what the existing evidence base concludes about the needs of this population. The older prisoner population is growing faster than the older general population and placing a strain on prisons. Much of the existing literature focusses on the health-care needs of, or in-prison initiatives for, older prisoners. Typically, these are responsive and lacking an evidence-based understanding of the characteristics and needs of this group. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a systematic review of the existing literature on the needs and characteristics of older people in contact with the criminal justice system. After a thorough search and selection process, 21 papers, from 2002 onwards, were included in the final analysis. The review process was structured through (People, Intervention/Exposure, Comparison, Outcome) and reported using (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses). Findings The contradictions within the existing evidence base make it difficult to reach firm conclusions about the needs and characteristics of older prisoners. What is clear from the existing research are the relatively high levels of need. There is also some consensus that where older people commit homicide, the victim is likely to be an intimate partner. Overall, there is a need for consistent recording and reporting of characteristics and demographics and more systematic study design. Originality/value This paper has highlighted the key findings and limitations in the existing literature. Future research should make use of secondary official data sources to provide a clearer understanding of the characteristics of this group, their routes to prison, their needs and challenges they present.
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Fauzan, Fauzan, and Denny Nazaria Rifani. "Implementation of Islamic Boarding School Based Prison Personality Development in Class IIA Correctional Institutions in Padang." Journal of Correctional Issues 3, no. 1 (April 14, 2020): 44–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.52472/jci.v3i1.45.
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This research discusses the personality development with islamic boarding school based that carried out in the Class IIA Padang Correctional Institution. The goal is to make prisoners not only as religious people but also human beings who understand and practice their religious rules. The essence produced from this guidance is a behavior improvement factor that makes prisoners become prisoners who are not physically healthy but also spiritually healthy where the prisoner can improve and reform their actions and behavior so that they have a healthy personality, commendable character and are responsible for carrying out their actions. life. This research uses qualitative research methods with interview data techniques, observation and literature research. The results showed that there was a clear islamic boarding school based coaching organizational structure, had internal and external teaching staff who ran the program in accordance with technical instructions and implementers and had learning materials such as Ummul Qur'an and fiqih. In its application, prisoners will participate in this program starting from Monday-Saturday for 3 hours a day provided that the prisoners have met the predetermined requirements. The implementation of islamic boarding school based personality development has run quite well in terms of three aspects, namely organization, interpretation and application.
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Peixoto, C., D. Rego, M. Cruz, B. Peixoto, M. Bicho, J. Coelho, and H. Medeiros. "Challenges of ageing in prisons and forensic psychiatric settings." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (June 2022): S606—S607. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1554.
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Introduction There is a current trend towards an increase in the number of elderly prisoners due to the increase in life expectancy and the change in the attitude of society and the judicial system. The cut-off for “older offender” is defined from the age of 50, due to the lifestyle previous to prision and premature ageing. Objectives The authors intend to understand the challenges of aging in prison and forensic services, highlighting the psychiatric comorbidities of inmates and how these services can adapt to the needs of this population. Methods Non-systematic review of the literature. Results Studies of elderly in prisons and elderly forensic psychiatric patients are limited. Prisoners have increased physical and psychiatric morbidity and early mortality as they are more exposed to risk factors and more likely to have at least one health problem compared to older adults in the community. Compared to older people in the community, older prisoners are at higher risk for most psychiatric disorders including depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, cognitive impairment, personality disorder and anxiety. Suicide rates are also higher among elderly prisoners. The inadequacy of the prison system to respond to the unique needs of elderly prisoners has a detrimental impact on their overall experience of incarceration. The development of specific services for elderly prisoners or the adaptation of mixed units for the elderly population is proposed. Conclusions The elderly population in prisons is growing and has higher risk of psychiatric pathology compared to community elders. Prison services with difficulties in identifying and meeting these needs. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Naumenko, Olga N., and Evgeny A. Naumenko. "Book as a Cure of the Condemned: From the History of Penitentiary System of Western Siberia (second half of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century)." Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)] 1, no. 2 (April 28, 2016): 171–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2016-1-2-171-176.
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Historical experience of education by the means of books, known as culture of reading, started being weakened in “the age of Internet”. Novelty of the article is in the described process of impact of the book on criminals in the territory of Western Siberia considered through the cultural, historical and psychological aspects. With the use of previously unknown archival materials there are revealed the cure methods of the condemned by using the book, and the relationship to the prison literature of the political prisoners. The personality of prisoners differed by a set of moral qualities, but almost all of them were ready to the perception of people around and themselves through the literature. Illiteracy was the main obstacle in education of the condemned, but the administration of prisons opened prison schools and organized reading literature aloud. The first prison libraries appeared in the 1860-ies and were replenished generally at the expense of philanthropists. F.M. Dostoyevsky’s novels “Crime and Punishment” and “Notes from the Dead House”, fairy tales and poems by A.S. Pushkin were the most popular books: they filled life with romanticism and were a compensation factor. Political prisoners denied any educational methods, preferring to read revolutionary literature. It is impossible to track extent of impact of book on the process of correction of criminals, but it is possible to claim that libraries started forming the atmosphere of book which is the most important condition of education in prisons, and is a necessary prerequisite for correction of a convicted person.
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Sucharski, Tadeusz. "Chrześcijanie w łagrze (w wybranych dziełach literatury polskiej i rosyjskiej)." Slavia Occidentalis, no. 73/2 (June 14, 2018): 147–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/so.2016.73.36.
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The aim of this article is to reflect on the religiosity of Stalinist prisoners shaped by religion or the Christian tradition. A comparison of works of Polish and Russian literature demonstrates that prisoners from the Soviet Union and Poland essentially otherwise referred to the faith, to the Decalogue. Most of the inmates came into the camp from the country’s militant atheism, infected with a hostility to religion as “the opium of the masses”, and only in the camp were they looking for ways to return to the faith of their fathers. However, they often kept faith in the value of humanity, they represented a secular holiness. A substantial majority of Polish prisoners affirmed their Catholicism, which was not only a witness of their faith, but also synonymous with Polish culture. Such an attitude often hampered relations with the Orthodox and Greek Catholics. A large part of the Polish inmates reluctantly referred to them as Christians of the Eastern Rite, as a consequence of Catholic education in pre-war Poland, but also out of hostility towards Russians and Ukrainians. Many of them, however, disregarded religious issues, they referred to a fellow prisoner with respect, regardless of his religion. They looked at them from the human perspective.
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Anwar, Umar, and Budi Priyatmono. "Model of Islamic Religious Spiritual Development for General Prisoners in Preventing Recidivism in Prison." International Journal of Law and Politics Studies 6, no. 2 (April 5, 2024): 36–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/ijlps.2024.6.2.6.
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Religious formation in the Raba Bima Prison in Indonesia has not been implemented optimally. This is a result of the lack of motivation of prisoners to carry out religious and spiritual formation in the detention center. The aim of the research is to find out the model for implementing spiritual formation in forming the religious awareness of prisoners in Raba Bima Prison, Indonesia. The research method uses empirical juridical research and a qualitative approach by conducting interviews with three prison informants and literature studies. The results of the analysis show that the model of Islamic religious spiritual guidance and guidance for prisoners in preventing recidivism in Raba Bima Prison in Indonesia has been carried out well but requires support from external parties such as the Ministry of Religion to improve the quality of prisoners' spiritual guidance and Islamic religious spiritual guidance for prisoners in preventing recidivism in Raba Bima Prison Indonesia uses the theory of religious awareness by applying 5 indicators religious belief, religious practice, religious feeling, religious knowledge, and Religious Effect. The conclusion is to create a coaching model by strengthening coordination and consolidation with the Ministry of Religion and non-governmental organizations that work to change the character of prisoners in prisons.
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Morawiec, Arkadiusz. "Polish Literature and the Extermination of the Soviet Prisoners of War." Narracje o Zagładzie, no. 6 (November 21, 2020): 115–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.31261/noz.2020.06.07.
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The article addresses the motif (and theme) of the Soviet prisoners of war in Polish literature. It presents historical facts which have inspired literary representations ofevents concerning the complex fates of the Soviet POWs both during the German-Soviet war (1941–1945) and after it came to its end. It also offers a discussion on the political and ideological determinants of the literary portrayal of the prisoner of war. Texts subjected to analyses include both works of fiction and memoirs, such as, among others, Igor Newerly’s Chłopiec z Salskich Stepów (The boy from the Steppes of the Sal), Seweryna Szmaglewska’s “Zagrycha” (The snack), or Wiesław Kielar’s Anus Mundi. 1,500 Days in Auschwitz/Birkenau. Particular attention is given to Wisława Szymborska’s poem “The Hunger Camp at Jasło” (“Obóz głodowy pod Jasłem”).
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Oktaviana, Ni Made, I. Wayan Mandra, and Ida Ayu Adi Armini. "PENYULUHAN AGAMA HINDU BAGI NARAPIDANA DI RUMAH TAHANAN KLAS II B NEGARA, KABUPATEN JEMBRANA." Jurnal Penelitian Agama Hindu 2, no. 1 (May 28, 2018): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.25078/jpah.v2i1.461.
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<p class="Default"><em>The State Detention Unit (Rutan) is the place where the suspect or defendant is detained during the process of investigation, prosecution and examination in court and place for inmate who are undergoing criminal verdict. Inmates obtain various forms of coaching that have been programmed by Rutan. Although it has gained various forms of counseling but not infrequently there are inmates who after freedom and return to community again commits a crime and resulted in the prisoner back into Rutan. So based on the phenomenon that happened, researcher interested to do research about counseling of Hinduism for prisoners in State Class II State B prison, Jembrana Regency, in order to prevent the return of prisoners to do criminal act and so that prisoners no longer re-enter into Rutan.</em></p><p class="Default"><em>The problems in this research are: (1) Form of execution of Hindu counseling for prisoners in Class II State Household Detention.B State, Jembrana District, (2) Factors that hamper the implementation of Hindu counseling for inmates in Prisons Class II. B State, Jembrana District, (3) How to overcome obstacles in the implementation of Hindu counseling for prisoners in the State Detention Class II.B State, Jembrana District. Theories used to analyze the problem are Structural Functional theory and the theory of Rangsang Balas. The subject of this study is the Prisoners in Rutan. Data collection methods used by the authors ie observation, interviews, literature, documentation, and data analysis techniques.</em></p><p class="Default"><em>The results showed that the forms of extension of Hinduism held in State Household of Class II B State were delivered in the form of Dharma Wacana, Dharma Sadhana and Dharma Yatra. Factors inhibiting the implementation of Hindu counseling for prisoners in State Detainee Class II B State that is the factor of lack of extension workers, funding factors, factors of inmates. Efforts to overcome obstacles in the implementation of Hindu counseling in the State Detainee Class II B State namely by empowering functionaries in the State custody and establish cooperation with related parties, carry out internal fund digging and attendance.</em></p>
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Masyutin, Alexander S. "Vyatka Revolutionaries in the “Government Facility”: 1905—1913." Herald of an archivist, no. 3 (2018): 793–808. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2073-0101-2018-3-793-808.
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The article analyses various aspects of the life in prison of political prisoners of the Vyatka gubernia. Unpublished documents from the archives of Kirov and Moscow, on which this study is based, designate the subject of the study; that is, they allow to establish forms of resistance of political prisoners to prison regime, to identify patterns of their escapes, to trace dynamics in occupancy of political prisons in the Vyatka gubernia, to establish instances of interaction between representatives of different left parties while in penal institutions. The timeframe of the study is the period of the first Russian revolution of 1905-1908, when prisons ceased to be the tenement of few and far between ardent revolutionaries from the privileged strata of society, and swarmed with much less versed ideologically masses of the discontented. Thus, in view of a participant of the revolutionary events of 1905-1908, Socialists-Revolutionary Maximalist G. A. Nestroev, the ideological grounding of the political prisoners deteriorated significantly. The author, however, believes that this ‘diversity’ of prisoners allows to conduct a more thorough analysis of their public activity in prison and to better link the activities of prisoners with the people on whose behalf the revolutionary forces acted. The author focuses on the Socialists-Revolutionaries, as their percentage among prisoners was much higher than that of the Socialists-Democrats. Known for several high-profile assassinations, the former were considered more dangerous state criminals than the Socialists-Democrat ‘propagandists,’ and thus were subject to more severe punishments. After the October revolution 1917, the Bolsheviks created an extensive mythologized literature on fellow party members who served time in tsarist prisons but mentioned only several Socialists-Revolutionaries, and these were politically harmless, or deceased (like E. S. Sazonov), or attached to the Bolshevik party (like V. N. Rukhlyadev). Findings and conclusions of the article can be used in research of the later periods in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, particularly, for comparison of the prisoners’ struggle with the prison administration and of the forms of assistance to prisoners from the outside in tzarist Russia and later.
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Memarpour, Pegah, Rose Ricciardelli, and Pauline Maasarjian. "Government reports versus offenders’ experiences: toward the resolution of discrepancies in healthcare and healthcare delivery." International Journal of Prisoner Health 11, no. 4 (December 21, 2015): 225–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijph-02-2015-0006.
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Purpose – Canadian literature on federal correctional institutions and prison living indicate a shortage inadequate and available healthcare services to meet the needs of the prison population, despite prisoners higher rates of health challenges (e.g. mental health, addictions, HIV/AIDS) in comparison to the general population. With fewer resources, concerns arise about the delivery, quantity, and quality of penal healthcare provision. Thus, the authors examines former prisoners’ experiences of, in comparison to government reports on, wait-times, and request processes for healthcare services, as well as issues of access, quality of interactions with healthcare professionals and the regulations and policies governing healthcare provision. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The authors compare data gathered from interviews with 56 former-federal prisoners with publicly available Correctional Services Canada reports on healthcare delivery, staff-prisoner interactions, programmes and services, and overall physical and mental health to identify consistencies and inconsistencies between the government’s and former prisoners’ understandings of penal healthcare. Findings – Discrepancies exist between prisoners reported experiences of healthcare provision and government reports. Prisoners are dissatisfied with healthcare provision in more secure facilities or when they feel their healthcare needs are not met yet become more satisfied in less secure institutions or when their needs are eventually met. Originality/value – Theories of administrative control frame the analyses, including discrepancies between parolee experiences and Correctional Service Canada reports. Policy recommendations to improve healthcare provision are highlighted.
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Milićević, Milena, and Nikola Drndarević. "Media Portrayals of Prison Life and Criminal Justice: A Narrative Literature Review on Shaping Public Perceptions and Policy Implications." Zbornik instituta za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja XLII, no. 2/3 (December 30, 2023): 75–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2023035.
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The media plays a powerful role in shaping public perceptions of prisons, prisoners, and the criminal justice system, which are often negative and influenced by various factors, emphasising the importance of critically assessing these portrayals for a more nuanced understanding. This narrative review summarises and analyses existing literature on diverse depictions of prison life across different media. A comprehensive literature search resulted in 33 studies covering the years 1993–2023. Using content analysis, four themes exploring prison portrayals and public perceptions were identified: 1) discrepancies between media and reality of prison experiences; 2) specificities of public perceptions, including media representations; 3) media influence on public attitudes and beliefs regarding incarceration, rehabilitation, and punitive measures within the criminal justice system; and 4) impact on criminal justice policies and policy reforms. In conclusion, media representations of prisons, prisoners, and the criminal justice system significantly impact public attitudes by often sensationalising and perpetuating negative stereotypes, which, in turn, influences legal processes and policymakers’ decisions, underscoring the need for more balanced depictions to foster informed discussions and challenge biases.
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Dixey, Rachael, Sharon Nyambe, Sally Foster, James Woodall, and Michelle Baybutt. "Health promoting prisons – An impossibility for women prisoners in Africa?" Agenda 29, no. 4 (October 2, 2015): 95–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2015.1110943.
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Nimerodi Gulo. "MENINJAU ULANG SISTEM PEMBINAAN NARAPIDANA KORUPSI DI INDONESIA." Legalita 1, no. 1 (August 22, 2019): 33–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.47637/legalita.v1i1.29.
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Indonesia continues to improve its efforts to eradicate corruption which is in fact an extraordinary crime. Corruption requires extra treatment not only in the process of law enforcement but also the process of fostering corruption inmates. So far, the existing laws and regulations have not clearly regulated the concept of good coaching, especially for corruption convicts as a result of corruption inmates are still free to use resources and influence to be able to obtain various facilities that actually conflict with existing regulations. The problems that will be raised in this article are: First, how is the system of guiding corruption inmates in several countries? Second, how is the concept of fostering corruption prisoners better for Indonesia. This article uses a normative approach through the study of literature or literature. This article concludes the model of fostering prisoners in particular corruption prisoners in Penitentiary has not run as expected. Departing from the comparison of prisoner development models in various countries, we need a different approach to fostering models both for public inmates and corruption accordingly. It is necessary to improve and synchronize efforts to foster corruption inmates, both institutional structures, the substance of RI Law No.12 of 1995 and the culture of stakeholders to be able to provide adequate solutions for fostering corruption inmates.