HUMAN RIGHTS OF PRISONERS - INDIA AND THE WORLD
One of the major issues championed fervently by the world human rights movement, is the recognition of human rights of prisoners, or more specifically, the recognition of the prisoner as a human being. Central to the quest for amelioration of the miserable condition of prisoners, is the logical assumption that the prison degrades and dehunmanizes a human being. Another implicit assumption, is that all prisoners are not necessarily born criminals but the brutally and barbarity of prison life, transform them into potential enemies of society, adding to the list of arch criminals dreaded and despised by all. George Bernard Shaw observed very rightly, that 'To punish a man retributively, you need to injure him. And men are not improved by injuries'. T. H. Green, the noted idealist thinker, was of the decided view, that when the state condemns a person to imprisonment, its aim should be to transform him into a good citizen through a radical reformation of his character. Green was decidedly in favour of reformatory punishment as a against retributive punishment. Michel Foucault, one of the leading Post-Modernist thinkers, in a scathing criticism of the inhumanities of prison life, says that 'those leaving prison, have more chance before, of going back to it ... The prison can not fail to produce delinquents. It does so by the very type of
Women in Jail
Abstract The jail population of women in the United States is growing at a greater rate than the population of men. Jails are short-term confinement facilities and many inmates will be released after a short period of time, only to be recycled again through the jail system. To reduce the level of recidivism for female inmates, interventions to address deficits in employability skills and attitudes should be a priority. This article examines the level of employability skills for a small sample (n = 52) of female jail inmates. Specifically, we examine basic “soft skills” in the three domains: basic skills (reading and math), interpersonal skills, and personal characteristics and attitudes. We find that female inmates have deficits in all three soft skills domains. Additionally, this sample had serious barriers to employment including a high level of substance abuse addiction, a lack of basic necessities, and emotional and physical illness. Recommendations are made for addressing these shortfalls with the goal of improving employability prospects for this population.
The Illustrated Story of Copyright
PART 1: COPYRIGHT AND TECHNOLOGY - Books and Other Literary Works - Music and Sound Recordings - Movies and Television - The Computer - The Internet - PART 2: COPYRIGHT BASICS - What Does Copyright Protect? - What Does Copyright Grant? - Copyright Limitations, Exclusions, and Compromises? - Other Major Copyright Principles - International Copyright Relations