Prisoners' Rights Principles and Practice [Paperback]

Prisoners Rights: Principles and Practiceconsiders prisoners rights from socio-legal and philosophical perspectives, and assesses the advantages and problems of a rights-based approach to imprisonment. At a time of record levels of imprisonment and projected future expansion of the prison population, this work is timely.

The discussion in this book is not confined to a formal legal analysis, although it does include discussion of the developing jurisprudence on prisoners rights. It offers a socio-legal rather than a purely black letter approach, and focuses on the experience of imprisonment. It draws on perspectives from a range of disciplines to illuminate how prisoners rights operate in practice. The text also contributes to debates on imprisonment and citizenship, the treatment of women prisoners, and social exclusion.

This book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of penology and criminal justice, as well as professionals working within the penal system.

1. Prisoners' Rights: From Social Death to Citizenship  2. The Historical Development of Prisoners' Rights: Rights Versus Discretion  3. The Increasing Importance of International Human Rights Law and Standards  4. Prison Conditions  5. Procedural Justice  6. Contact with the Outside World  7. The Right to Equality  8. The Prisoner as Citizen: The Right to Vote  9. Conclusion: Making Room for Prisoners' Rights

'Prisoners Rights is a thoroughly researched and thought provoking book. By placing prisoners rights within the wider historic and socio-legal contexts and examining practices in different jurisdictions (largely England and Wales, the United States and Holland), Susan Easton offers a comprehensive assessment which extends far beyond a traditional analysis of legal instruments and case-law. The book successfully demonstrals[