Part Two. HUMAN RIGHTS

This book considers prisoners' rights from socio-legal and philosophical perspectives, assessing the advantages and problems of a rights-based approach to imprisonment with a focus on citizenship, the treatment of women prisoners, and social exclusion.

The history of European prison law and policy -- Context and theory -- Basic principles --Conditions of imprisonment -- The prison regime -- Contact with the outside world --Good order -- Release -- The future of European prison law and policy.

Presents philosophical and practical arguments in favor of the administration of judicial corporal punishment as a way of addressing problems in the American criminal justice system.