NCJ Number
139650
Journal
Corrections in Asia and the Pacific Issue: 2 Dated: (September 1992) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
T G Garner
Date Published
1992
Length
8 pages
Annotation
A series of articles on corrections throughout the world considers the United Nations Crime Trends and Criminal Justice Programme, the prevention of inmate suicides in Canada, a Korean open correctional institution, changes in the inmate disciplinary system in England and Wales, and the Zimbabwe prison system.
Abstract
The United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme will replace the defunct UN Committee on Crime Prevention and Control. It is responsible for providing policy guidance to the UN in crime prevention and criminal justice and for developing, monitoring, and coordinating program implementation. The article on inmate suicides in Canada identifies the factors and danger signs in suicidal inmates and suggests ways to prevent inmate suicides, including improved identification of suicidal inmates at intake and stricter supervision of such inmates. The description of Korea's Chunan open correctional institution focuses on its major treatment components, namely, the Inmate Self-Governing Association, the teacher guidance system, vocational training, work release, prison industries, furlough, parole, and study tours within the community. The article on changes in the prison disciplinary system in England and Wales notes that the changes are designed to ensure that inmates who commit serious criminal offenses while in prison are held accountable for their actions under criminal law. The description of the Zimbabwe prison system encompasses the Harare central prison complex, the Chikurubi prison complex, and the prison service's dog training school.