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Date: April 19, 2024 Fri
Time: 10:44 pm
Time: 10:44 pm
Results for adjudications
1 results foundAuthor: Howard League for Penal Reform Title: Punishment in Prison: The world of prison discipline Summary: - Prisons operate disciplinary hearings called adjudications where allegations of rule breaking are tried - The majority of adjudications concern disobedience, disrespect, or property offences, all of which increase as prisons lose control under pressure of overcrowding and staff cuts - A prisoner found guilty at an adjudication can face a variety of punishments from loss of canteen to solitary confinement and extra days of imprisonment - Almost 160,000 extra days, or 438 years, of imprisonment were imposed in 2014 as a result of adjudications - The number of additional days imposed on children has doubled since 2012, even though the number of children in prison has halved - Since 2010 the number of adjudications where extra days could be imposed has increased by 47 per cent. The running cost of these hearings is significant, at around L400,000 - L500,000 per year - Adjudications are not sufficiently flexible to deal sensitively with the needs of vulnerable children, mentally ill and self-harming people, who may face trial and sentence without any legal representation. The process and punishments often make their problems worse - Two prisoners breaking the same rule can get different punishments depending on whether they are on remand or sentenced, and what category of sentence they have received. - Two children breaking the same rule can get different punishments depending on what type of institution they are detained in. Details: London: PRT, 2015. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: accessed February 14, 2018 at: https://howardleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Punishment-in-Prison-briefing.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://howardleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Punishment-in-Prison-briefing.pdf Shelf Number: 149147 Keywords: AdjudicationsInmate DisciplinePrison Misconduct |