Corrections
Corrections refers to the processes covering all aspects of pre and post trial detention.
Documents
Prison Support Guidance Manual
| Date added: | 03/03/2011 |
Institution: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Publication Date: January 2006
Keywords: Corrections, Rule of Law, Security & Justice
Read Full Text Here: http://www.unrol.org/files/FinalPrisonGuidanceManual20April2006.pdf
Relevance:
In a stabilisation context, powerful political groups can use prisons to undermine constructive political processes through e.g. unlawful or politically-motivated detentions. Intervening in the justice sector
can help to reduce the potential for political interests manipulating the prison system create the conditions for the legitimate detention of prisoners in accordance with international human rights standards. This manual provides practical guidance for short-medium term strengthening of national pri... Read More
Moving Prisons to Civilian Control: Demilitarisation
| Date added: | 28/02/2011 |
Institution: King’s College London International Centre for Prison Studies
Publication Date: 2005
Keywords: Corrections, Justice
Read Full Text Here: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/gn7-civilian-control.pdf
Relevance:
In a post-conflict context, prisons are often under the control of the military or police and contain political prisoners of an outgoing regime. Moving the prison service to civilian control can help to de-politicise the administration and provide greater legitimacy / acceptability to the population. Prison sector development therefore forms an integral component of justice and security sector reform. This paper draws o... Read More