prison
Let an agent handle prisons by type, jurisdiction, conditions, rights and contact, neutrally, with dignity for people held.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle prisons by type, jurisdiction, conditions, rights and contact, neutrally, with dignity for people held.
A facility where people are held in custody under the authority of the state, typically after conviction or while awaiting trial; types include jails, remand centres, youth facilities and internment camps.
What it is for: Holding people in custody, and in principle rehabilitation and public protection.
It can be find a facility and its rules; arrange legal or family visits; contact inspection and complaints bodies; support reintegration after release.
Distinguishing features
State custody
Pre-trial and sentenced people
Governed by human rights standards
Inspected by independent bodies
What it looks like
Secure buildings with perimeter walls or fences, cells and controlled access.
How it is recognised
Official facility name and operator
Security category
Historical buildings such as tolbooths
Related models
is a kind of - category
is part of - system
is inspected by - oversight
is governed by - standard
In practice
Families and kinds
jails and remand centres
prisons by security category
youth detention facilities
immigration detention
historic prisons
Standards and regulation
UN Standard Minimum Rules (Nelson Mandela Rules)
European Prison Rules
OPCAT national preventive mechanisms
Failure modes and hazards
Overcrowding
Violence and self-harm
Poor health care
Barriers to legal access
Also called
+63
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.prison
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Facility Which prison.
Facility details.
Identity
Name and operator.
Identity
Facility.
- Which facility, run by whom, in which jurisdiction? provenance
- What category and population? measurement
Rules
Regime.
Rules
Regime.
- What are the visiting and contact rules? provenance
- Where are they published? provenance
Rights People held.
Rights continue in custody.
Legal access
Lawyers.
Legal
Legal access.
- How can a person held contact a lawyer? action
- What legal aid is available? action
Complaints
Redress.
Complaints
Complaints.
- How can a complaint be made? action
- Which independent body handles it? provenance
Conditions Inspection.
Conditions are inspected.
Inspection
Reports.
Inspection
Inspection findings.
- What did the latest inspection find? provenance
- When was it? provenance
Health
Care and welfare.
Health
Health and welfare.
- What health and mental health care is available? boundary
- How are people at risk supported? boundary
Families Contact and release.
Families and reintegration matter.
Visits
Contact.
Visits
Family contact.
- How can family visit or call? action
- Which support organisations help families? action
Release
Reintegration.
Release
Reintegration.
- What support exists on release? action
- Who coordinates it? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should facility types be separate entries?
- How should inspection reports be linked?
- How should historical prisons be separated?