Subjects:

Criminal Law

Contents:

1. The Legal Framework and Administrative Structure of the Prison System

2. Avenues of Redress: Domestic Law

3. International Law Avenues of Redress

4. Security Categorization and Allocation

5. Living Conditions in Prison

6. Healthcare in Prisons

7. Access to the Outside World and Maintenance of Family Contacts

8. Inter-Prison Transfers and the Repatriation of Prisoners From Abroad

9. Prison Discipline

10. Maintaining Good Order and Discipline

11. Women Prisoners

12. Release from Prison: Fixed Term Prisoners

13. Mandatory Lifers

14. Discretionary Lifers and HMP Detainees

15. Detention Under the Immigration Act

16. Conclusions: Prisons and the Law

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Prison Act 1952

Appendix 2: Prison Rules 1999 as amended by Prison (Amendment) Rules 2002

Appendix 3: Young Offender Institution Rules 2000 as amended by Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2002

Appendix 4: Human Rights Act 1998

Appendix 5: European Convention on Human Rights

Appendix 6: European Prison Rules 1987

Appendix 7: European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Appendix 8: Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Part II), Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (Part II, Ch II), Parole Board Rules 1997

Appendix 9: Directions to the Parole Board under the Criminal Justice Act 1991, s32(6) and Accompanying Training Guidance

Appendix 10: Ministerial Statements on the Life Sentence

Appendix 11: Framework Document for the Prison Service

Out Of Print

Now in its third edition, Prison Law is the leading text in its field. It offers comprehensive coverage of the law and the remedies available to prisoners, including complaints procedures, civil claims, judicial review, and claims under the Human Rights Act. Both domestic and international avenues of redress are explained in detail.

The book covers all aspects of prison life, from categorization and allocation, to living conditions, access to the outside world, transfer and repatriation, discipline, and the procedures governing the release of fixed term prisoners and those serving life sentences. The book offers fully up to date coverage of relevant domestic decisions under the Human Rights Act, as well as the caselaw of the European Court of Human Rights. The Prison Rules 1999 are explained and analysed, as are the far-reaching decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on the mandatory life sentence and the prison discipline system.

It concludes with a new section reviewing current trends in penal practice.;Critical analysis and historical perspective are combined with up to date and practical guidance to provide a book which will be invaluable to both practitioners and academics.