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Visitation rules at Alcatraz
The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the United Nations' Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,[1] and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Rights and advocacy by country
Asia
- Prisons in India
- Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Committee for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights (Iran)
- 2010 Iranian political prisoners' hunger strike for prisoners' rights
- Human rights in China
- Penal system in China
- Laogai
- Xinjiang re-education camps
- Notable prisons:
- Qincheng Prison
- Tilanqiao Prison
- Penal system of Japan
- Malaysian Prison Department
- Caning in Malaysia
- 2020 Malaysia movement control order
- Human rights in North Korea
- Prisons in North Korea
- Kwalliso
- Prisons in Pakistan
- Re-education camp (Vietnam)
Europe
- Prison conditions in France
- Prisons in Germany
- Human right of prisoners in Israel
- Palestinian prisoners of Israel
- Crime in Italy
- Article 41-bis prison regime
- Human rights in Russia
- Prisoners' Union
- Human rights in the Soviet Union
- Gulag
- United Kingdom prison population
- Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners
- Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2)
- Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill
- 1981 Irish hunger strike
- Children of Prisoners Europe
North America
- Incarceration in Canada
- In the United States:
- Human rights in the United States
- Incarceration in the United States
- Prisoner rights in the United States
- Decarceration in the United States
- Prisoner abuse in the United States
- Felony disenfranchisement in the United States
- Penal labor in the United States
- Prison rape in the United States
- Organ donation in the United States prison population
- Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons
- Notable groups:
- November Coalition
- Critical Resistance and Incite!
- Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
- Black and Pink
- Notable events:
- 1971 Attica Prison riot
- 1973 Wapole Prison uprising
- Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
- Guantanamo Bay detention camp
- Orleans Parish Prison abandonment during Hurricane Katrina
- 2013 California prisoner hunger strike
- 2016 U.S. prison strike
- 2018 U.S. prison strike
- Chain gang
- Convict leasing
Oceania
- Punishment in Australia
- Indonesian children in Australian prisons
- Prisoners' rights in New Zealand
- Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand
- Human rights in Vanuatu
International
- Prisoners' rights in international law
- Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
- List of countries by incarceration rate
- List of hunger strikes
- List of prisons
- Penal Reform International
See also
- Prisoner abuse
- Prison abolition movement
- Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Death in custody
- Solitary confinement
- LGBT people in prison
- Prison–industrial complex
- Prison overcrowding
- Sentencing disparity
- Disfranchisement
- Private prison
- Prison strike
References
- ^ Howard Davis (2003), "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, Taylor & Francis, p. 157, ISBN 978-1-84392-008-3
External links
Organizations working for prisoners' rights: