Human Rights in African Prisons

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ISBN: 9780796922069 | 0796922063
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Copyright: 5/1/2008

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Written by a collection of eminent researchers, this study takes a detailed look at African prisons, and examines how regional and international legal instruments have dealt with human rights concerns such as overcrowding, healthcare, pretrial detention, and the treatment of women and children. Providing concrete examples as well as theory, it analyzes human rights needs, developments, and policies, and makes recommendations as to how situations can be improved.

Tables and figures	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Acronyms and abbreviations	p. x
An overview of human rights in prisons worldwide	p. 1
The importance of prison research	p. 1
Why this book?	p. 4
Rising global prisoner numbers	p. 9
Are states with high prisoner populations more punitive?	p. 10
The historical context	p. 12
Conditions and overcrowding	p. 14
Resources and prison governance	p. 20
Awaiting trial detention	p. 22
Women	p. 24
Children	p. 26
Rehabilitation	p. 27
Alternative sentencing	p. 29
The role of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights	p. 30
The Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa	p. 32
Prison reform in Africa	p. 34
Conclusion	p. 37
A brief history of human rights in the prisons of Africa	p. 40
The pre-colonial period	p. 40
The Atlantic slave trade	p. 43
The colonial period	p. 44
The post-colonial period	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 60
Challenges to good prison governance in Africa	p. 67
International norms	p. 68
Towards administrative reform of prisons in Africa	p. 70
The promotion of self-sufficiency	p. 71
The management of healthcare in prisons	p. 72
Overcrowding and prison design	p. 73
The management of children and youth	p. 74
Rehabilitation programmes	p. 75
Human resource management	p. 76
Independent oversight of prison administration	p. 79
Conclusion	p. 80
Overcrowding in African prisons	p. 83
Problems caused by overcrowding	p. 84
Causes of overcrowding	p. 85
Overcrowding figures for some African prisons	p. 88
Measures of hope	p. 88
Conclusion	p. 90
Pre-trial detention and human rights in Africa	p. 93
International standards and guidelines	p. 94
African standards and jurisprudence	p. 95
African resolutions and declarations on pre-trial detention	p. 97
Pre-trial detention and imprisonment in Africa	p. 99
Pre-trial detention as a human rights issue	p. 104
Developing solutions	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 114
Children in African prisons	p. 117
The prevalence of children in African prisons	p. 117
International standards applicable to children in prisons	p. 119
Prison conditions in practice	p. 122
Positive aspects of African approaches to incarceration	p. 126
Children of imprisoned mothers	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 130
The imprisonment of women in Africa	p. 134
The imprisonment of women across the African continent	p. 135
What leads to women being imprisoned?	p. 144
Other institutions that are prison-like in nature and effect	p. 148
Marriage, sex and women's imprisonment	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 152
Rehabilitation and reintegration in African prisons	p. 155
Defining rehabilitation and reintegration	p. 155
Regional instruments	p. 159
Legislation and policy frameworks	p. 161
The practice of rehabilitation and reintegration in African prisons	p. 162
The impact of rehabilitation and reintegration services on prisoners	p. 172
Conclusion	p. 175
Alternative sentencing in Africa	p. 178
The framework for and origins of alternative sentencing in Africa	p. 179
Alternative sentencing and prison overcrowding	p. 184
Proportionality and interchangeability of sanctions	p. 190
Social conditions and alternative sentencing	p. 191
Alternative sentencing in the broader system of governance	p. 193
The future of alternative sentencing in Africa	p. 198
Conclusion	p. 200
The African Commission's approach to prisons	p. 204
The role of international institutions in assessing prison conditions	p. 204
Visits by the Special Rapporteur	p. 206
Standards adopted by the Commission with respect to prison conditions	p. 211
Conclusion	p. 216
Contributors	p. 224
References	p. 226
Index	p. 247
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