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Making Standards Work: An International Handbook on Good Prison Practice. 2nd ed.
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "[A]n overview of the UN rules on prison conditions and treatment of prisoners. . .their value and meaning for prison policies and daily practice" is presented (p. 1). Eleven sections comprise this handbook: basic and guiding principles; due process and complaints; physical conditions -- basic necessities; prisoners' physical and mental health; prisoners' contact with the outside world; programming for prisoners; prison staff; inspection; United Nations prison rules in context; penal reform international; and "Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: Protection of Persons Subjected to Detention or Imprisonment" -- standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners.