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Article 58.10 was replaced by Article 70, Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. [nb 1] It was defined as: [1] propaganda or agitation with the purpose of undermining or weakening of the Soviet power or with the purpose of committing or incitement to commit particularly grave crimes against the Soviet state (as defined in the law);
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 17 December 2015 after a five-year revision process. [1] They are known as the Mandela Rules in honor of the former South African President, Nelson Mandela. The Mandela Rules are composed of 122 "rules".
The Bangkok Rules, or the "70 Rules" as it is frequently known, is the first set of rules tailored to the treatment of women prisoners. It supplements existing international standards on the treatment of prisoners, particularly the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which applies to all prisoners regardless of gender.
the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. the European Prison Rules.
The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the United Nations' Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, [1] and the Convention on the Rights ...
In 2015, the prison population was estimated at 2.2 million people. [2] There has been a rapid increase in the prison population since the 1980s. [3] However, violent crime has significantly decreased from the years 1973 to 2003. [3] In the United States, the majority of inmates are people of color and from low socioeconomic backgrounds. [4]
On Monday, Cardenas' attorneys announced a $5.6-million settlement of a lawsuit filed against the prison and the hospital system that supervised the search.
In the United States, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, or PLRA, is a federal statute enacted in 1996 with the intent of limiting "frivolous lawsuits" by prisoners.Among its provisions, the PLRA requires prisoners to exhaust all possibly executive means of reform before filing for litigation, restricts the normal procedure of having the losing defendant pay legal fees (thus making fewer ...