prisoners rights

• Prisoners' rights

• Prisoners rights

• Prisoners' Rights

The nature and extent of the privileges afforded to individuals kept in custody or confinement against their will because they hav...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Po–San

• The May General Election will be Incompatible with Prisoners' Human Rights - What are the implications?

Introduction With the general election having been called to take place on 6 May this year, it is likely that, on the date of the general election, ...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Do Prisoners Have Abortion Rights?

Roth presents and interprets the results from an original survey of state corrections policies to create a more systematic, national picture of prison abortion policy. Furthermore, she seeks to bring imprisoned women from the margins to the mainstream of scholarship on reproductive rights and to highlight the regulation of prisoners as integral to a system of public policy that suppresses women's authority in reproductive decision making.

• Feminist Studies
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 2, July 2004

• China's Practice of Procuring Organs From Executed Prisoners: Human Rights Groups Must Narrowly Tailor Their Criticism and Endorse the Chinese Constitution to End Abuses

I. INTRODUCTION In 2001, Chinese surgeon Dr. Wang Guoqi testified before the United States Congress that he performed more than 100 operations to remo...

• Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
• Vol. 16 Nbr. 2, March 2007

• 'Onan's transgression': the continuing legal battle over prisoners' procreation rights.

I. INTRODUCTION: THE LANDSCAPE IN WHICH GERBER V. HICKMAN WAS CONCEIVED Emerging from the shadows of a federal prison, William Gerber challenged a C...

• Albany Law Review
• Vol. 66 Nbr. 1, September 2002

• Prisoners' Rights

Some might think that the very term "prisoners' rights" is an oxymoron, because the essence of being imprisoned is the reduction or ...

• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• KA-PU

• Correctional Rehabilitation Programs and the Adoption of International Standards: How the United States Can Reduce Recidivism and Promote the National Interest

Introduction. II. Overview: Rehabilitation, Prisoners' Rights, and Demographics of the Prison Population. A. Timeline: Developing the Concept of Rehabilitation. B. A Survey on the Law of Prisoners' Rights. 1. Reluctant Jurists. 2. Taking Off the Kid Gloves. 3. Recent Developments. C. Prison Demographics. III. Education/Rehabilitation Law. A. Statutory Law. B. The Right to Education in Case Law, Generally. C. Prisoner Education: Toeing the Constitutional Line. D. A Few Good Men. E. Unresolved Issues. IV. Standard of Review for Prisoners' Rights. A. Turner v. Safley. B. Alternative Tests. V. Recidivism Versus A Successful Réentry Into Society. A. The Call for Rehabilitation in Case Law. B. Empirical Studies Supporting the Development of Rehabilitative Programs. C. Funding & Public Supp...

• Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
• Nbr. 18-3, May 2009

• Prisoners' Rights (Update 1)

Upon conviction and imprisonment, a profound change occurs in a person's legal status. Duly convicted prisoners lose entirely many f...

• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• KA-PU

• Jackson County Jail Draws Attention -- Changes Made to Improve Fire Safety Don't Satisfy Prisoners' Rights Attorney

PASCAGOULA - A prisoners' rights attorney said this week he's still concerned about conditions at the Jackson County Adult Detention Center, even after the county took steps to improve fire safety. Several changes were made in the 30-year-old jail in response to a state fire marshal's inspection July 1. The county put loose wires in a conduit and replaced an expired fire extinguisher system. It also put covers on light fixtures, labeled a breaker box and worked on an outside trailer where a trusty sleeps.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• September 07, 2009

• Ny State Supreme Court, Ny County Judge Rules Ex-Prisoners Deprived On Due Process Rights

Where 12 ex-prisoners were transferred to a psychiatric hospital at the conclusion of their terms of imprisonment, the petitioners argued that the transfer violated their due process rights. Reviewing the facts in The State of New York ex. rel. Stephen J. Harkavy on behalf of John Does 1 through 12 v. Eileen Consilvio, New York State Supreme Court, New York County Judge Jacqueline W. Silbermann determined that the 12 prisoners' due process rights were violated. The court directed the petitioners to be examined by two physicians to determine if they should be released.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• December 16, 2005