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	Prisoners' rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The movement for Prisoners' rights is based on the principle that prisoners, even though they are deprived of liberty, are still entitled to basic human rights.
		Advocates for prisoners' rights argue that they are often deprived of very basic human rights, with the cooperation of the prison authorities.
		Prison authorities turning a blind eye to assault or rape of prisoners, failing to take sufficient steps to protect prisoners from assault or rape, or even allegedly arranging for prisoners to be assaulted or raped by other inmates as a form of punishment (see prisoner rape)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prisoners'_rights (208 words)

	Prisoners' rights - Wex
		Prisoners retain some other Constitutional rights including due process in their right to administrative appeals and a right of access to the parole process.
		Prisoners are therefore protected against unequal treatment on the basis of race, sex, and creed.
		So long as the conditions or degree of a prisoner's confinement are within the sentence and not otherwise violative of the Constitution (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/index.html), the due process clause does not require judicial oversight.
	www.law.cornell.edu /wex/index.php/Prisoners'_rights (392 words)

	Human Rights Education Library:
		The responsibility of prisons for the custody of prisoners and for the protection of society against crime shall be discharged in keeping with a State's other social objectives and its fundamental responsibilities for promoting the well-being and development of all members of society.
		Conditions shall be created enabling prisoners to undertake meaningful remunerated employment which will facilitate their reintegration into the country's labour market and permit them to contribute to their own financial support and to that of their families.
		Prisoners shall have access to the health services available in the country without discrimination on the grounds of their legal situation.
	hrea.org /erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=592&category_id=767&...&group= (266 words)

	FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment: Annotations pg. 17 of 40
		Rights of Prisoners.--Until relatively recently the view prevailed that a prisoner ''has, as a consequence of his crime, not only forfeited his liberty, but all his personal rights except those which the law in its humanity accords to him.
		We are not unmindful that prison officials must be accorded latitude in the administration of prison affairs, and that prisoners necessarily are subject to appropriate rules and regulations.
		Prisoners have a right to be free of racial segregation in prisons, except for the necessities of prison security and discipline.
	caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /data/constitution/amendment14/17.html (4771 words)

	BBC - Action Network - - A1181882 - Prisoners’ rights
		Prisoners also have certain privileges depending on whether their status in prison is Basic, Standard or Enhanced.
		Prisoners have the right to see and have copies made of their medical records since 1 November 1991 unless the doctor believes it could be detrimental for them to do so
		The prison service has a general duty to provide evening classes but this does not mean a right to the educational course of the prisoners’ choice.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ican/A1181882 (1152 words)

	BCCLA Position Paper: The rights of prisoners, 1981
		The abrogation of prisoners’ civil rights therefore may result from express legislation which denies them certain rights (for example, the right to vote), but the determining factor behind such abrogation is the wide discretionary power delegated to the prison administration and the corresponding lack of procedural safeguards to protect prisoners from arbitrary discretion.
		Prisoners have the right to public scrutiny of the prisons for the same reason that the accused has a right to a public trial: to prevent the arbitrary infringement of civil rights.
		If the reason for not granting parole to a prisoner is based on a record mistakenly stating that the reason for a transfer was an attempted crime in another prison, the prisoner is arbitrarily denied a certain amount of freedom from imprisonment which he or she would have otherwise been entitled to.
	www.bccla.org /positions/prisoners/81prisoners.html (13754 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Prisons
		Prison massacres, dramatic protests, and violent guard abuse earn occasional news headlines, but the deplorable daily living conditions that are the plight of the great majority of the world's prisoners pass largely unnoticed.
		We believe that a government's claim to respect human rights should be assessed not only by the political freedoms it allows but also by how it treats its prisoners, including those not held for political reasons.
		The prisoners were protesting inmate transfers to a new type of high-security prisons.
	www.hrw.org /prisons (1017 words)

	Brazil: Investigate Killings of Brazilian Prisoners (Human Rights Watch, 20-2-2001)
		After gaining control of the situation, they forced prisoners to strip naked and executed dozens of them, including many who were trying to hide under their beds.
		As Human Rights Watch noted in its 1998 report on prison conditions in Brazil, the 1992 Carandiru massacre was just the bloodiest of a continuing series of brutal incidents in Brazil's prisons.
		Since Human Rights Watch released its report, prison populations in Brazil, and in S? Paulo in particular, have grown rapidly, and conditions have not improved.
	www.hrw.org /press/2001/02/brazil0220.htm (554 words)

	The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Prisoners'Rights
		The defendants [prison officials] have thus far barred recognition of the Temple ofIslam, a group that the plaintiff believes is substantially different from the Nation ofIslam.
		That some adherents choose to follow certain tenets of a religion in a mannerdifferent than the majority does not alter the genuine character of the religious tenet or theimportance to the adherent of the manner in which he or she follows the tenet.
		Finally, although a prison's policy may further a compelling state interest, courts shouldnevertheless invalidate prison policies that do not represent the "least restrictive means" ofeffectuating that interest.
	www.aleph-institute.org /html/rfra.html (1106 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Bush reconsiders prisoners' rights
		The US has come under pressure from some countries and human rights groups who say the fighters should be treated as prisoners of war, or that at least the US should recognise that the Geneva Convention on the rights of prisoners applies to them.
		Recognised prisoners of war have to be charged or repatriated at the end of a conflict, and they are expected to give only their name, rank and number when questioned.
		Epidemics of dysentery and yellow jaundice have afflicted the prison population of 3,000 to 3,500 Afghan and Pakistani prisoners.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1788062.stm (807 words)

	Prisoners' Rights — www.greenwood.com
		Prisoners' rights is one, and Fliter does a masterful job in exploring and explaining the profound--and, yes, fascinating--legal changes that have occurred over the last 200 years.
		Combining an historical and strategic analysis, this study describes the doctrinal development of the constitutional rights of prisoners from the pre-Warren Court period through the current Rehnquist Court.
		Like many provisions in the Bill of Rights, the meaning of the Eighth Amendment's language on "cruel and unusual punishment" and the scope of prisoners' rights have been influenced by prevailing public opinion, interest group advocacy, and--most importantly--the ideological values of the nine individuals who sit on the Supreme Court.
	www.greenwood.com /books/bookdetail.asp?sku=GM1475 (556 words)

	In Defense of the Rights of Political Prisoners
		In late April, political prisoners were transferred to Challapalca, a jail located high in the mountains in a military base close to the Andean border with Bolivia and Chile at an altitude exceeding 16,000 feet.
		When prison authorities remark disdainfully about the presence of international human rights organizations it is because of the pressure that such groups put on limiting the authorities' impunity.
		The Justice Ministry claims that the denouncements of abuse by political prisoners are false, maintaining that prisoners' human rights are respected.
	www.commondreams.org /views02/0516-06.htm (844 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: Religious Liberty in Public Life - Free-exercise Clause Topic
		Prison officials are normally granted a good deal of discretion, particularly when they can show that their policies are necessary to further a legitimate safety concern.
		Prison officials determined that allowing inmates to leave outside work details to go inside the prison for the religious service would imperil safety and institutional order.
		Thalacker, writing that prison officials had a compelling interest in not segregating inmates on a racial basis because they believe that random cell assignments are the best way to reduce gang activity and lessen racial tensions.
	www.firstamendmentcenter.org /rel_liberty/free_exercise/topic.aspx?topic=prisoner_rights (2053 words)

	Prisoners Rights
		Our prisons are meant to be places of rehabilitation, not places where extra punishment is added.
		Despite this, the rights of prisoners are breached on a daily basis.
		The penitentiary system shall comprise treatment of prisoners the essential aim of which shall be their reformation and social rehabilitation.
	www.nswccl.org.au /issues/prisoners.php (533 words)

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		PCHR reiterates its call for Israel’s systematic violations of the rights of Palestinian prisoners to be stopped, and demands that Israel respect international human rights and humanitarian law on the rights of prisoners.
		Investigations conducted by human rights organizations have revealed that Israeli occupying forces used a number of Palestinian civilians as human shields in their campaigns of arrest and detention, in violation of international human rights and humanitarian law.
		PCHR supports Palestinian political prisoners, and calls upon the international community to take immediate, effective measures to ensure that Israel releases all unlawfully detained prisoners and ensures that conditions of arrest and detention are consistent with international human rights and humanitarian law.
	www.pchrgaza.org /files/PressR/English/2003/48-2003.htm (632 words)

	Berria.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prompted by the dire situation of the Basque prisoners, the Etxerat association has recently called for a commitment from social players in support of the prisoners’ rights.
		ELA, LAB, ESK, EILAS, EHNE, ELB and Hiru have added their weight to the demand “Bring the Basque prisoners to the Basque Country”, because they believe that such a step is needed to safeguard the rights of both the prisoners and their families and to press for a resolution of the Basque conflict.
		Mati Iturralde, the LAB representative, yesterday denounced the fact that the prisons policy the Spanish and French Governments have in force is breaching the rights of both the Basque prisoners and their families, and called for the policy to be discontinued.
	www.berria.info /english/ikusi.php?id=1815 (406 words)

	Court upholds law on prisoners' religious rights - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Washington - News
		WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld a law requiring prisons to provide worship time and ceremonial materials for a wide range of inmate religious practices, in a case that saw evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews passionately back the rights of a Satanist, a witch, and members of a white-supremacist sect.
		The decision was hailed as a major victory by religious activists, who considered it the most important faith issue on the Supreme Court's docket this year despite the greater attention paid to the dispute over whether the Ten Commandments may be displayed on public property.
		Among the statutes in potential jeopardy were exceptions to drinking laws for minors who drink wine at Communion, exceptions to regulations allowing soldiers to wear items such as a yarmulke or a cross, and provisions exempting churches from many land-use regulations.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/01/court_upholds_law_on_prisoners_religious_rights (439 words)

	About HRAAP
		The Human Rights Center for the Assistance of Prisoners (HRCAP) was established in 1997 as a non-political, non-profit civil company.
		It aims to provide legal assistance to prisoners and to advocate for the reform of prisons so that they become places of correction and rehabilitation.
		Lawyer Mohamed Zarei is the founder of the Human Rights Center for the Assistance of Prisoners.
	www.hrcap.org /ENGLISH.HTM (324 words)

	t r u t h o u t - CIA's 'Ghost Prisoners' Spark Rights Concerns
		The 'ghost prisoners' at Guantánamo are not kept in the same area as the hundreds of war on terror detainees held there by Washington whose detentions are a matter of public record.
		Despite this, the rights' lawyer is not holding her breath.
		According to Ms Meeropol, the cases of 'ghost prisoners' are particularly hard to crack.
	www.truthout.org /docs_05/012905A.shtml (2791 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union : Prisoner Rights
		A "tough on crime" approach to criminal justice induced a trend of overcrowded prisons and jails with deteriorating structures and prisoner violence, overwhelmed correctional officers who grow younger and more inexperienced because of accelerated burnout and turnover, and inadequately financed medical care systems, work, education, and drug treatment programs.
		The ACLU's National Prison Project advocates for criminal justice policy reform and educates the public about the social and fiscal ramifications of our current emphasis on incarceration and the government's deliberate move away from rehabilitation toward debilitating imprisonment.
		The great majority of prisoners will return to their home communities, and the public interest is ill-served if they return battered in body and spirit, schooled in crime and angry at their treatment by society.
	www.aclu.org /Prisons/PrisonsMain.cfm (541 words)

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		In Doe v Department of Corrections, the court allowed prisoners to bring a class action suit on behalf of inmates denied placement in community residential programs, camps, and farms because they were HIV positive, a form of disability.
		The bills would amend the two state civil rights laws to specify that they do not apply to an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment in a state or county correctional facility.
		Opponents say that the intent of these bills is to overturn a recent appellate court decision and deny prisoners the ability to continue with ongoing lawsuits against the state.
	www.house.gov /kilpatrick/pr000121.htm (933 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Q&A: Al-Qaeda prisoners' rights
		The detainees are being taken to a place outside of United States territory to minimise the application of legal constraints that might otherwise apply.
		The US insists that the detainees do not qualify for prisoner-of-war treatment under the Geneva conventions, because they are not members of the regular Afghan armed force - nor do they meet the criteria for prisoner of war status for voluntary forces.
		The detainees are protected by the general international law of human rights, which is binding on the US.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1761000/1761431.stm (559 words)

	Prisons Foundation - Prisoners Rights Resource Guide
		At over 500 8 ½ by 11 pages, Prisoners Rights Resource Guide is the most thorough guide available on the rights of prisoners, the responsibilities of staff, and the standards by which prisons must operate.
		There is also an overview of prisoners rights presented by a respected legal practitioner.
		Notice: The Internal Revenue Service has determined that the Prisons Foundation is a publicly-supported 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and that, in view of its official nonprofit status, contributions made to the Prisons Foundation are deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
	www.prisonsfoundation.org /court_order.html (369 words)

	The Supreme Court Nomination Blog: John Roberts - Prisoners' rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hernandez involved a prison inmate's appeal of the dismissal of three in forma pauperis complaints that he had filed against prison officials at several California prisons.
		The government presented its involvement in the case as a function of its responsibility for defending against in forma pauperis actions brought by prisoners alleging violations of their rights by federal officials.
		But what that observation tells us about Judge Roberts's regard for prisoners' rights is less clear given that two of the Court's most diligent defenders of prisoners' rights--Justices Stevens and Blackmun--explicitly declined to criticize the Court's partial agreement with the government as an illegitimate narrowing of a prisoner's right to be heard.
	www.sctnomination.com /blog/archives/2005/08/john_roberts_pr.html (892 words)

	BPF \| Prisoners' Rights + Criminal Justice Issues \| Prison Program
		These classes generate a publication called "The Beat Within" of youth writings and art, which is free to prisoners and those connected to prisons on a monthly basis.
		California Prison Focus is a community-based grassroots organization that works with and on behalf of prisoners in California's control units.
		They publish a quarterly newsletter called "Prison Focus" that is available at low or no cost to prisoners.
	www.bpf.org /html/current_projects/prison_program/resources/resources_04.html (244 words)

	Specter to hold hearings on Gitmo prisoners' rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Legal scholars have argued for months over whether detainees at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba should receive the protections afforded to prisoners of war or be classified as "enemy combatants," as the Bush administration has argued, which drastically limits their rights.
		In the Senate hearing today, Specter intends to explore due process rights of Guantanamo prisoners and the authority that Congress has to ensure that they receive proper legal treatment.
		The approximately 520 prisoners at Guantanamo include terrorist trainers, bomb makers, extremist recruiters and financiers, bodyguards for al-Qaida terror network leader Osama bin Laden and would-be suicide bombers, Rumsfeld said.
	www.postgazette.com /pg/05166/521660.stm (630 words)

	Fairness and felons: A push to enfranchise prisoners \| csmonitor.com
		NEW YORK – Depending on where one sits, Joseph "Jazz" Hayden is the Spiderman of a new civil rights movement or a danger to the underpinnings of the judicial system.
		While in prison he came to a realization: Convicts that are "stripped of their freedom and at the mercy of their keepers" are probably the least powerful people in this country.
		It was an effort to restrict the voting rights of freed slaves, but also entwined with the movement to root out corruption.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0925/p02s02-usju.html (847 words)

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