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Human rights in African prisons / edited by Jeremy Sarkin.

Title
Human rights in African prisons / edited by Jeremy Sarkin.
Publication
Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors
Sarkin, Jeremy
Description
x, 254 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Written by some of the most eminent researchers from and on Africa, including the former Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, this collection provides a detaiLed consideration of the situation in African prisons and examines how regional and international legal instruments have dealt with human rights concerns such as overcrowding, healthcare, pretrial detention and the treatment of women and children."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative series ; no. 10
Uniform Title
Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series no. 10.
Subject
  • Human Rights Africa (Organization)
  • Juvenile delinquents > Africa
  • Prisons > Africa
  • Prisons > Overcrowding > Africa
  • Women prisoners > Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-246) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
  • committed to retain
Contents
An overview of human rights in prisons worldwide / Jeremy Sarkin -- A brief history of human rights in the prisons of Africa / Stephen Peté -- Challenges to good prison governance in Africa / Chris Tapscott -- Overcrowding in African prisons / Victor Dankwa -- Pre-trial detention and human rights in Africa / Martin Schönteich -- Children in African prisons / Julia Sloth-Nielsen -- The imprisonment of women in Africa / Lisa Vetten -- Rehabilitation and reintegration in African prisons / Amand Dissel -- Alternative sentencing in Africa / Lukas Muntingh -- The African Commission's approach to prisons / Rachel Murray.
ISBN
  • 9780796922069 (pbk. : HSRC Press)
  • 0796922063 (pbk. : HSRC Press)
  • 9780896802650 (pbk. : Ohio University Press)
  • 0896802655 (pbk. : Ohio University Press)
LCCN
^^2008299722