NCJ Number
188230
Date Published
October 1999
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article examines cooperation with Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on problems in technical cooperation regarding prison administration.
Abstract
The article considers these problems to likely be the main focus of technical cooperation in the area of prison administration: (1) growing prison populations; (2) conditions of pretrial detention, especially overcrowding, the length of each detention, and the limited number of activities available to occupy detainees; (3) the state of prison buildings; (4) limited financial resources; (5) delays in passage into law of penal, criminal procedural, and penal executive codes; (6) shortage of non-custodial alternatives to imprisonment; (7) recruiting and retaining sufficient staff of good quality, including medical and other specialists; (8) ensuring that all staff are convinced of the importance of improving prison regimes and are skilled in using positive methods in accordance with international standards; (9) finding sufficient suitable employment for prisoners; and (10) the prevalence in some central and eastern European penal institutions of tuberculosis and the shortage of medical equipment and medicines, qualified medical staff, and adequate food for those suffering from the disease. See NCJ-188228-29 for papers pertaining to the same topic.