Prisoners' rights and their control: current issues within the Canadian situation

This article uses Pierre Landreville's writings as the starting point of a brief historical analysis of the evolution of inmate's rights in Canada. The first section of the article focuses on the normative development of prisoner's rights and the limits it has encountered, particularl...

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Published in:Criminologie (Montréal) 2007-10, Vol.40 (2), p.127-145
Main Author: Lehalle, Sandra
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Civil rights
Empirical research
Historical analysis
Legitimacy
Prisoners
Social reform
Torture
United Nations
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Summary:This article uses Pierre Landreville's writings as the starting point of a brief historical analysis of the evolution of inmate's rights in Canada. The first section of the article focuses on the normative development of prisoner's rights and the limits it has encountered, particularly with regards to the necessary resources to their full realisation. The second section deals with the ongoing debate concerning the respect of inmates' rights and the oversight mechanisms created to this effect. Using a recent empirical research, we confront the actual state and impact of two oversight mechanisms that Landreville advocated for as early as 1973: the Correctional Investigator and the United Nations sub-committee on prevention of torture. We conclude by discussing the impact of the oversight mechanisms and their legitimating effects. Reprinted by permission of Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal
ISSN:0316-0041