DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE SAXERRIET CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION - AN EXAMPLE (FROM CODETERMINATION IN PRISON - RESOCIALIZATION AS DEMOCRATIZATION - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 1973 BY UWE GERBER - SEE NCJ-28297)

• NCJ Number: 28302
• Author(s): P BRENZIKOFER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Evangelische Akademie Loccum
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: Switzerland

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF THE DUTIES, PREROGATIVES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE INMATES' COUNCIL OF AN OPEN PRISON IN SWITZERLAND, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD USED IN ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

Abstract

THE INMATES' COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERABLE DISCRETION IN DISCIPLINARY MATTERS, COUNSELING INMATES, MAKING SUGGESTIONS TO THE MANAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE INMATES AND ARRANGING THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE INSTITUTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALSO SIMETIMES USED TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF PERSONNEL IN PERFORMING SECURITY FUNCTIONS. THE MANAGEMENT CAN VETO ANY AND ALL DECISIONS MADE OR ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE INAMTES' COUNCIL. ANY INMATE CAN BE ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL. MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY THEIR FELLOW INMATES IN DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. THE STATUTES OF THE INMATES ' COUNCIL ARE LISTED. FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSALTION, SEE NCJ-21010. SEE NCJ-32513 FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION.