NCJ Number
31029
Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1975) Pages: 345-354
Date Published
1975
Length
10 pages
Annotation
CRITERIA FOR EFFECTIVE LAWS PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND DEFINING THEIR LEGAL POSITION WITH THE AIM OF HUMANIZING AND DEMOCRATISING THE PRISON SITUATION.
Abstract
THREE STEPS ARE NECESSARY WHEN CREATING AN ADEQUATE LEGAL STATEMENT OF PRISONERS' RIGHTS. THESE ARE TO CLEARLY FORMULATE CONCRETE LEGAL STANDARDS, TO INSTITUTE ADVERSARY PROCEDURES, AND TO ANNOUNCE IN AN ADEQUATE MANNER BOTH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. DISCUSSED ARE FEATURES OF A PROPOSAL FOR LEGALLY FORMULATING PRISONERS' RIGHTS IN THE NETHERLANDS.