Resources for human rights professionals
Resources for human rights professionals |
| International Centre for Prison Studies - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/home.html The International Centre for Prison Studies, based at Kings College in London, seeks to assist governments and other relevant agencies to develop human rights-based policies on prisons. Their most famous publication is "A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management" which is of course available for downloading in several languages. Another useful resource on their website: the World Prison Brief, which will give you facts and figures for prison systems worldwide. - [Read more] |
| Human rights standards for the treatment of prisoners - http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/auogs.htm Section of the Minnesota human rights library onthe treatment of prisoners. - [Read more] |
| Wikipedia article on prison reform - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_reform Very good article on penology, covers some important concepts. Also browse the other section in Penology and Criminology. - [Read more] |
| The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform - http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/ The International Centre for Criminal Law Reformand Criminal Justice Policy develops policy manuals for penitentiary administrations. And you can download them here. - [Read more] |
| Penal Reform International - http://www.penalreform.org PRI specialises in reform of penal institutions in developing countries and favors sustainable approaches such as exchange of solutions at a regional level, rather than importing inappropriate reform models from the North. One of their strong points: holistic strategies to address overcrowding. This link will take you to their excellent publications section. - [Read more] |
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