Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • How to use the Handbook
  • Chapter 1. Identification of current challenges
  • Chapter 2. Effective leadership
  • Chapter 3. Human rights, international standards and good prison management
  • Chapter 4. Importance of the legal framework, policies and regulations
  • Chapter 5. Management and accountability
  • Chapter 6. Management of human and financial resources
  • Chapter 7. Management of physical facilities
  • Chapter 8. Meeting the basic needs of prisoners
  • Chapter 9. Vulnerable prisoners
  • Chapter 10. Children and youth in prison
  • Chapter 11. Managing the prison population
  • Chapter 12. Safety and security, control and discipline within prisons
  • Chapter 13. Early or conditional release of offenders
  • Chapter 14. Alternatives to imprisonment
  • Chapter 15. Oversight mechanisms
  • Chapter 16. Overcoming challenges: strategic approaches
  • Annexes. I. Five-day training course curriculum for prison leaders
  • II. List of additional resources.