Towards human rights compliance in Australian prisons /

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Author / Creator:Mackay, Anita, author.
Imprint:Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2020.
©2020
Description:1 online resource (xxii, 345 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- (1984 December 10)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Prisons -- Australia.
Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Australia.
Human rights -- Australia.
Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
Detention of persons -- Australia.
Detention of persons.
Human rights.
Prisoners -- Civil rights.
Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Prisons.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12488809
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Other authors / contributors:Australian National University Press.
ISBN:9781760464011
1760464015
9781760464004
1760464007
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Language / Script:Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
National edeposit: Available online Unrestricted online access.
Summary:Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but steady growth in the protection of imprisoned people's rights over recent decades in Australia has mostly come from incremental change to prison legislation and common law principles. A radical influence is about to disrupt this slow change. Australian prisons and other closed environments will soon be subject to international inspections by the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT). This is because the Australian Government ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) in December 2017. Australia's international human rights law obligations as they apply to prisons are complex and stem from multiple Treaties. This book distils these obligations into five prerequisites for compliance, consistent with the preventive focus of the OPCAT. They are:reduce reliance on imprisonment; align domestic legislation with Australia's international human rights law obligations; shift the focus of imprisonment to the goal of rehabilitation and restoration; support prison staff to treat imprisoned people in a human rights-consistent manner; ensure decent physical conditions in all prisons. Attention to each of these five areas will help all levels of Australian government and prison managers take the steps required to move towards compliance. Human-rights led prison reform is necessary both to improve the lives of imprisoned people and for Australia to achieve compliance with the international human rights legal obligations to which it has voluntarily committed itself.
Other form:Print version: Towards human rights compliance in Australian prisons Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2020 9781760464004
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Part 1: Legal, statistical and sociological context for the operation of prisons in Australia. 1. The Australian prison population and daily life in Australian prisons ; 2. Australia's International Human Rights Law obligations ; 3. The OPCAT and the changes it will impose to prison monitoring -- Part 2: Macro-level prerequisites. 4. The first prerequisite: Reduce reliance on imprisonment ; 5. The second prerequisite: Align domestic legislation with Australia's International Human Rights Law obligations ; 6. The third prerequisite: Shift the focus of imprisonment to the goal of rehabilitation and restoration -- Part 3: Micro-level prerequisites. 7. The fourth prerequisite: Support prison staff to treat imprisoned people in a human rights-consistent manner ; 8. The fifth prerequisite: Ensure decent physical conditions in all prisons -- Conclusions. 
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