NCJ Number
151728
Journal
Penological Information Bulletin Issue: 17 Dated: (December 1992) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
M-S Eckert
Date Published
1992
Length
38 pages
Annotation
This report presents articles regarding corrections policies and corrections management in the member countries of the Council of Europe, inmate statistics from each country, news about laws and regulations, and related materials.
Abstract
One paper uses recent experience in England and the United States to discuss the maintenance of security and control in prisons, noting that increasing contact between inmates and staff and the wider community to which they belong can actually improve security and control. Another paper describes how Norway's government accepts full responsibility for the educational, health, and cultural needs of prisoners, meeting that responsibility through funding the provision of prison services, including both cultural and athletic programs, by local governments adjacent to prisons. A further paper focuses on the use of incarceration and community sentences in European countries. News items, figures, and bibliographies from each European country