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prisoner

vr.tr.prisoner · SOC.PER

Let an agent handle prisoners with a rights-based, neutral and non-graphic approach: explain rights and standards, help families find contact and support services, and describe historical cases with respect for victims.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle prisoners with a rights-based, neutral and non-graphic approach: explain rights and standards, help families find contact and support services, and describe historical cases with respect for victims.

A person deprived of liberty, such as someone held in prison or detention after conviction or while awaiting trial, a prisoner of war held under the laws of armed conflict, or a person held by others; prisoners retain fundamental rights under national and international law.

What it is for: A legal status relevant to justice, human rights and history.

It can be explain prisoner rights and international standards; find how to contact or visit someone in prison; find support for families of prisoners; find reliable historical information with respect for victims.

Distinguishing features

Deprived of liberty

Retains human rights

Status defined by law

Includes remand and convicted people

What it looks like

A legal status, not a physical appearance.

How it is recognised

Held in prisons, detention centres or camps

Remand prisoners are not convicted

Prisoners of war have a specific legal status

Related models

is a kind of - category

legal status

is held in - place

prison

is protected by - standard

UN Nelson Mandela Rules

includes - kind

prisoner of war

In practice

Families and kinds

convicted prisoners

remand prisoners

prisoners of war

administrative detainees

historical prisoners and victims of camps

Standards and regulation

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules)

Third Geneva Convention on prisoners of war

UN Convention against Torture

Failure modes and hazards

Graphic or sensational descriptions

Labelling remand prisoners as guilty

Taking sides in armed conflicts

Also called

pranato secuestradorscientific prisonercellmateRavensbrück Rabbitsprison laborerRussian prisoners in the invasion of UkraineHeimkehrerzekprisoner of a Nazi concentration campinmatecivilian interneeghost detaineechannel army menCanadian detainees at Guantanamo Baygalley slaveKapoprisoner block clerkfederal prisonerjustice-involved individualurkaescapeeanti-social prisonercriminal prisonerAuschwitz concentration camp inmatechief Kapoassistant Kapodepot prisonerjailhouse lawyerfederal inmate

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.prisoner

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Rights Legal standards.

Rights continue in detention.

Standards

International rules.

Standards

International standards.

  1. Which rights do prisoners have under the Nelson Mandela Rules and national law? provenance
  2. Which body inspects prisons here? provenance

POW

Prisoners of war.

POW

Prisoners of war.

  1. What protections does the Third Geneva Convention give prisoners of war? provenance
  2. What role does the ICRC play, according to its mandate? provenance
Families Contact and support.

Families need help.

Contact

Visits and letters.

Contact

Contact.

  1. How can someone find, contact or visit a person in prison here? provenance
  2. Which official service handles it? provenance

Support

Family support.

Support

Family support.

  1. Which organisations support families and children of prisoners? provenance
  2. Is anyone in the family in crisis? boundary
Concerns Welfare and complaints.

Concerns can be raised.

Welfare

Urgent concerns.

Welfare

Welfare concerns.

  1. Is there an urgent concern about a prisoner safety or health? boundary
  2. Which prison, ombudsman or monitoring body should be contacted? action

Legal

Legal help.

Legal

Legal help.

  1. Where can prisoners or families get legal advice? provenance
  2. Is the user asking for legal advice on a specific case? boundary
History Historical cases.

Respect for victims.

Cases

Historical events.

Cases

Historical cases.

  1. What happened to these prisoners, according to historians and memorial institutions? provenance
  2. Is the description factual and non-graphic? boundary

Conflict

Current conflicts.

Conflict

Current conflicts.

  1. Are claims about prisoners in a current conflict attributed to named sources? boundary
  2. Which independent bodies report on them? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should prisoner categories be separate entries?
  • How should prison contact services be localised?
  • How should historical cases be linked respectfully?
Draft as JSON