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... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > politics, power, and war > social control > formal social control > jurisprudence > human rights > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > politics and law > social control > formal social control > jurisprudence > human rights > prisoners' rights
social science subjects > law > jurisprudence > human rights > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > theories of ethics > human rights > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > rights and freedoms > human rights > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > corrections > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > corrections (penology) > corrections > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > race and crime > corrections > prisoners' rights
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > prisoners' rights

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prisoners' rights  

Definition

  • Prisoners’ rights belong to the wider category of global human rights. They play an important role in the process of executing isolatory punishment and of defining the limits of the state in the rights and liberties of the imprisoned. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Prisoners' Rights]

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