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vr.tr.prison · thing-q40357

Let an agent handle prisons by type, jurisdiction, conditions, rights and contact, neutrally, with dignity for people held.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Facility Which prison.

Identity

Name and operator.

Identity

Facility.

  1. Which facility, run by whom, in which jurisdiction? provenance
  2. What category and population? measurement

Rules

Regime.

Rules

Regime.

  1. What are the visiting and contact rules? provenance
  2. Where are they published? provenance
Rights People held.

Legal access

Lawyers.

Legal

Legal access.

  1. How can a person held contact a lawyer? action
  2. What legal aid is available? action

Complaints

Redress.

Complaints

Complaints.

  1. How can a complaint be made? action
  2. Which independent body handles it? provenance
Conditions Inspection.

Inspection

Reports.

Inspection

Inspection findings.

  1. What did the latest inspection find? provenance
  2. When was it? provenance

Health

Care and welfare.

Health

Health and welfare.

  1. What health and mental health care is available? boundary
  2. How are people at risk supported? boundary
Families Contact and release.

Visits

Contact.

Visits

Family contact.

  1. How can family visit or call? action
  2. Which support organisations help families? action

Release

Reintegration.

Release

Reintegration.

  1. What support exists on release? action
  2. Who coordinates it? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ORG
Other names and narrower kinds
forgetting well, civilian internment enclosure, city hall and prison, tolbooth, Zulo, reformatory, prison cell, padded cell, standing cell, ergastulum, federal prison, Prisons in Ancient Rome

What it is Filled

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.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle prisons by type, jurisdiction, conditions, rights and contact, neutrally, with dignity for people held.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • State custody
  • Pre-trial and sentenced people
  • Governed by human rights standards
  • Inspected by independent bodies

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Help anyone escape custody or smuggle items into a prison.
  • Publish personal data of prisoners, staff or visitors beyond what law allows.
  • Treat a person held on remand as convicted.
  • Present conditions in a prison as acceptable when inspections report abuse.

Only with a human decision

  • Any decision affecting a prisoner's custody, release or discipline.
  • Publishing information that identifies a prisoner or staff member.

May

  • Report a prison's location, type and published inspection findings.
  • Help relatives find official visiting and contact rules.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Prisoners keep their human dignity and rights while deprived of liberty.
  • Prisons hold people at their most powerless, which invites abuse.

Who is affected

  • Prisoners and their families
  • Prison staff
  • Victims of crime

Owners Filled

Steward

The state, through its prison authority; inspectorates oversee conditions.

Master systems

  • Prison service and court custody records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q137864285 - registry parent class
  • Q178706 - registry parent class
  • Q811979 - registry parent class

related

  • institution and built structure - category
  • criminal justice system - system
  • prison inspectorate - oversight
  • Nelson Mandela Rules - standard

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.prison
  • Wikidata: Q40357 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40357)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Official facility name and operator
  • Security category
  • Historical buildings such as tolbooths
  • Secure buildings with perimeter walls or fences, cells and controlled access.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • find a facility and its rules
  • arrange legal or family visits
  • contact inspection and complaints bodies
  • support reintegration after release

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Overcrowding
  • Violence and self-harm
  • Poor health care
  • Barriers to legal access

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • UN Standard Minimum Rules (Nelson Mandela Rules)
  • European Prison Rules
  • OPCAT national preventive mechanisms

Context of use required Filled

  • Holding people in custody, and in principle rehabilitation and public protection.
  • jails and remand centres
  • prisons by security category
  • youth detention facilities
  • immigration detention
  • historic prisons

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q40357: prison - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Prison - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should facility types be separate entries?
  • How should inspection reports be linked?
  • How should historical prisons be separated?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q40357/spec.json