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PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN THE USSR (UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS) - THEIR TREATMENT AND CONDITIONS

NCJ Number
34790
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1975
Length
154 pages
Annotation
ANALYTICAL ACCOUNT OF CONDITIONS IN SOVIET PRISONS AND CORRECTIVE LABOR COLONIES AND OF THE LEGAL AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PRISONERS DETAINED IN PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS.
Abstract
THE REPORT CONCLUDES WITH DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS TO SOVIET AUTHORITIES FOR IMPROVING BOTH SOVIET PENAL PRACTICE AND THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS SUSPECTED OF BEING MENTALLY ILL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)