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Handbook on prisoner file management /
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
United Nations,
2008.
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| Series: | Criminal justice handbook series.
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Prisoner files: a tool for human rights
- Prisoner files: a tool for effective prison management
- Prisoner files: a tool for public confidence in the justice system
- Purpose of the Handbook
- Who this Handbook is aimed at
- Terminology
- 1. Non-derogable rights of prisoners
- Protection of the right to life
- Prevention and protection against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- 2. Rights of prisoners
- Admission and registration
- Access to justice
- Classification and placement
- Discipline
- Rehabilitation
- Employment
- Health and well-being
- Belongings and personal effects
- External contact
- Inspection, complaints and grievances
- Transfer and release
- Protection of children
- Protection against discrimination
- 3. Prison file management in practice
- Consequences for the prisoner
- Consequences for the detaining authority
- Consequences for the justice system
- 4. Requirements to comply with international law and standards
- On initial detention
- On admission to a correctional facility
- Ongoing detention/imprisonment
- On release
- 5. Checklists for prisoner files
- Identity information
- Detention information
- Judicial information
- Arrest/investigation information
- 6. Setting up a prisoner file management system
- Creating a general prisoner file
- Medical files
- File register
- Prison registry
- Access to files and information sharing
- Transferring files
- Archiving and storage.