Prisoners'_rights
Prisoners' rights
Rights of detainees
"Prison conditions" redirects here. For information about prisoners' legal rights in international law, see Prisoners' rights in international law.
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 of Persons with Disabilities.
Asia
Europe
North America
Photos from rallies to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
- Incarceration in Canada
- In the United States:
- Human rights in the United States
- Incarceration in the United States
- Prisoner rights in the United States
- Decarceration in the United States
- Prisoner abuse in the United States
- Felony disenfranchisement in the United States
- Penal labor in the United States
- Prison rape in the United States
- Organ donation in the United States prison population
- Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons
- Political prisoners in the United States
- Notable groups:
- Notable events:
- Chain gang
- Convict leasing
Oceania
International
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- Howard Davis (2003), "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, Taylor & Francis, p. 157, ISBN 978-1-84392-008-3
Organizations working for prisoners' rights:
- American Civil Liberties Union on prisoners' rights
- Human Rights Watch
- Amnesty International
- Prison Activist Resource Center