NCJ Number
56923
Editor(s)
C R BEVAN
Date Published
1978
Length
37 pages
Annotation
STANDARDS REFLECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPRISONMENT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS GUIDE FOR PRISONS IN AUSTRALIA. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO REFLECT CONCERN FOR THE NEEDS OF INMATES AND PRISON OFFICIALS.
Abstract
IN COMPILING MINIMUM STANDARD GUIDELINES FOR AUSTRALIAN PRISONS, A WORKING PARTY OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY CLOSELY EXAMINED UNITED NATIONS STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AND RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS; STANDARDS PROPOSED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND GOALS; STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONS DEVISED BY THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN 1973; DEVELOPMENTS IN JUDICIAL ATTITUDES TOWARD PRISONER RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIAN PRISONS; AND A MANUAL OF STANDARDS PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION. STANDARDS ARE OUTLINED IN THREE CATEGORIES: (1) RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION (PRISONER DISTRIBUTION AND ACCOMMODATION, PERSONAL HYGIENE, CLOTHING AND BEDDING, FOOD, EXERCISE AND SPORTS, MEDICAL SERVICES, DISCIPLINE AND PUNISHMENT, INSTRUMENTS OF RESTRAINT, INFORMATION TO AND COMPLAINTS BY PRISONERS, CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD, BOOKS, RELIGION, RETENTION OF PRISONERS' PROPERTY, NOTIFICATION OF DEATH OR ILLNESS, REMOVAL OF PRISONERS, INSTITUTIONAL PERSONNEL, AND INSPECTION AND CONTROL), (2) RULES APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PRISONERS (PRISONERS UNDER SENTENCE, WORK, EDUCATION, RECREATION, AFTERCARE, INSANE AND MENTALLY ABNORMAL PRISONERS, PRISONERS UNDER ARREST OR AWAITING TRIAL, AND CIVIL PRISONERS), AND (3) SELECTION AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL FOR PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. AN INDEX IS INCLUDED. (DEP)