NCJ Number
137625
Date Published
1990
Length
92 pages
Annotation
This study describes the existing regime for remand prisoners in England and Wales; discusses core elements of regimes with respect to special status, access to due process, basic living conditions, and the duty of care for remand prisoners; and recommends policies to improve remand regimes.
Abstract
The study uses data from official sources, and research and includes survey results from all 20 prisons holding young remand prisoners and visits to 6 prisons. Due process for the remand prisoner should focus on four key issues including bail, representation, access to information, and access to the courts. Certain core elements of prison living conditions are identified: access to sanitation, bathing and clean clothes, living space, single cell accommodation, and time out of cell. Time out of cell and monitoring are the two central prerequisites for remand regime development. The Prison Service's duty of care for remand prisoners is discussed with an emphasis on the provision of access to the outside and the reconsideration of the role of traditional planned activities for remand prisoners. A charter for remand prisoners distills the authors' recommendations in each of these areas. 7 appendixes