DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE SAXERRIET CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION - AN EXAMPLE - NCJRS TRANSLATION

• NCJ Number: 32513
• Author(s): P BRENZIKOFER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 9 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: TRANSLATED BY NELSON ROSE FROM AN ORIGINAL WORK IN GERMAN PUBLISHED BY EVANGELISCHE AKADEMIE LOCCUM, LOCCUM, WEST GERMANY, 1973.

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 SOMETIMES USED TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF PERSONNEL IN PERFORMING SECURITY FUNCTIONS. THE MANAGEMENT CAN VETO ANY AND ALL DECISIONS MADE OR ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE INMATES' 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 THE ORIGINAL OF THIS DOCUMENT IN GERMAN, SEE NCJ-28302.