imprisonment
Let an agent explain imprisonment and its legal forms, describe prisoner rights, conditions and effects with reference to law and research, support families and reintegration questions, and route personal legal questions to professionals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain imprisonment and its legal forms, describe prisoner rights, conditions and effects with reference to law and research, support families and reintegration questions, and route personal legal questions to professionals.
The state of being confined in a prison or other place of detention as a penalty imposed by a court, as pre-trial or preventive detention, or as administrative detention, in forms including imprisonment with labour, youth incarceration and time served credited against sentences, with effects on prisoners, families including children of imprisoned parents, and communities; imprisonment is governed by criminal and human rights law, and mass arrests and detention practices in specific contexts are described with attribution.
What it is for: Confinement as penalty or detention.
It can be explain legal forms; describe rights and effects; support families and reintegration; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Legal authority
Deprivation of liberty
Forms and durations
Human rights framework
What it looks like
Not physical as a state; prisons and detention facilities.
How it is recognised
Confinement by legal authority
Penal, pre-trial or administrative
Captivity by non-state actors is unlawful; house arrest is a restriction short of prison
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - people convicted of crimes
is related to - a crime punished by imprisonment
is related to - another form of confinement in history
In practice
Families and kinds
penal imprisonment after conviction
pre-trial and preventive detention
imprisonment with labour
youth incarceration
administrative and immigration detention
Standards and regulation
Criminal procedure and sentencing law
International standards for the treatment of prisoners
Human rights law on detention
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal legal advice
Unattributed claims about detention practices
Stigmatising prisoners and families
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What imprisonment is.
Law.
Forms
Forms and legal basis.
Forms
Forms.
- What forms of imprisonment and detention exist, and on what legal basis are they imposed? provenance
- Is the user or a relative facing imprisonment, needing a lawyer? boundary
Sentencing
Sentencing and release.
Sentencing
Sentencing.
- How are prison sentences determined, credited for time served and ended by release or parole, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits sentencing? action
Rights Rights and conditions.
Human rights.
Standards
Standards.
Standards
Standards.
- What international standards govern prison conditions and prisoner treatment? provenance
- Which entry fits prisoner rights? action
Practices
Detention practices.
Practices
Practices.
- How are detention practices in specific contexts, such as mass arrests, documented by courts, monitors and organisations, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Effects Effects and reintegration.
Research.
Families
Families and children.
Families
Families.
- How does parental imprisonment affect children and families, and what support exists? provenance
- Is someone in crisis, needing support services? boundary
Reintegration
Reintegration.
Reintegration
Reintegration.
- What does research say about rehabilitation, recidivism and reintegration? provenance
- Which entry fits rehabilitation? action
Learn History and debates.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did imprisonment develop as a penalty, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Debates
Policy debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates surround incarceration rates, youth detention and alternatives, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each form be a separate entry?
- How should prison standards be linked?
- How should reintegration services be linked?