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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.

Rights and advocacy by country

Asia

Europe

North America

Photos from rallies to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp

2017 rally to close Guantanamo

2019 rally to close Guantanamo

Oceania

International

References

^ Howard Davis (2003), "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, Taylor & Francis, p. 157, ISBN 978-1-84392-008-3

External links

Organizations working for prisoners' rights:

[1] Howard Davis (2003), "Prisoners' rights", Human rights and civil liberties, Taylor & Francis, p. 157, ISBN 978-1-84392-008-3

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+'''The [[rights]] of [[civilian]] and [[military]] [[prisoner]]s''' are governed by both national and international law.  International conventions include the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]; the [[United Nations]]' [[Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners|Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners]], the [[Committee for the Prevention of Torture|European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment]],<ref>{{citation |title=Human rights and civil liberties |author=Howard Davis |page=157 |chapter=Prisoners' rights |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-84392-008-3}}</ref> and the [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]].
+== Rights and advocacy by country ==
-The [[rights]] of [[civilian]] and [[military]] [[prisoner]]s are governed by both national and international law.  International conventions include the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]; the [[United Nations]]' [[Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners|Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners]], the [[Committee for the Prevention of Torture|European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment]],<ref>{{citation |title=Human rights and civil liberties |author=Howard Davis |page=157 |chapter=Prisoners' rights |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2003 |isbn=978-1-84392-008-3}}</ref> and the [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]].<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a0969d42.html Handbook on prisoners with special needs, pp. 47-48] (published by the [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]])</ref>
+=== Asia ===
-==Prison Litigation Reform Act==
+* [[Prisons in India]]
-{{Main|Prison Litigation Reform Act}}
+* [[Prisoners' rights in the Middle East]]
-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 lawyers willing to represent a prisoner), allows for the courts to dismiss cases as "frivolous" or "malicious", and requires prisoners to pay their court fees up front if they have three previous instances of a case having been dismissed as "frivolous."<ref>Meeropol, R. & Head, I. (2010). Brief summary of the prison litigation reform act (PLRA). ''The Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook.'' Retrieved from http://jailhouselaw.org/brief-summary-prison-litigation-reform-act/</ref>
+** [[Human rights in Israel#Rights of prisoners|Prisoners' rights in Israel]]
+*** [[Palestinian prisoners of Israel]]
+** [[Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran]]
+*** [[Committee for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights|Committee for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights (Iran)]]
+*** [[2010 Iranian political prisoners' hunger strike for prisoners' rights]]
+* [[Human rights in China]]
+** [[Penal system in China]]
+** [[Laogai]]
+** [[Xinjiang re-education camps]]
+** Notable prisons:
+*** [[Qincheng Prison]]
+*** [[Tilanqiao Prison]]
+* [[Penal system of Japan]]
+* [[Malaysian Prison Department]]
+** [[Caning in Malaysia]]
+** [[2020 Malaysia movement control order#Arrests and crime|2020 Malaysia movement control order]]
+* [[Human rights in North Korea#Prisons|Human rights in North Korea]]
+**[[Prisons in North Korea]]
+** [[Kwalliso]]
+*** [[Hoeryong concentration camp]]
+* [[Prisons in Pakistan]]
+* [[Re-education camp (Vietnam)]]
-== See also ==
+=== Europe ===
-* [[Amnesty International]]
+* [[Prison conditions in France]]
-* [[Death in custody]]
+* [[Prisons in Germany]]
-* [[LGBT people in prison]]
+* [[Crime in Italy#Italian prisons|Crime in Italy]]
+** [[Article 41-bis prison regime]]
-* [[November Coalition]]
+* [[Human rights in Russia#Judicial system|Human rights in Russia]]
-* [[Penal Reform International]]
+** [[Prisoners' Union]]
-* [[Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners]] (PROP)
-* [[Prisoners' Union]]
+** [[Human rights in the Soviet Union]]
+** [[Gulag]]
-* [[Prison abolition movement]]
+* [[United Kingdom prison population]]
-* [[Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners]]
+**[[Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners]]
-* [[Sentencing disparity]]
+** [[Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2)]]
+** [[Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill]]
+** [[1981 Irish hunger strike]]
+* [[Children of Prisoners Europe]]
+=== North America ===
-* [[Prisoners' rights in international law]]
+{{multiple image
-*[[Prison strike|Prison Strike]]
+ | align = right
-* [[Prisoners' rights in New Zealand]]
+ | direction = vertical
-* [[Prisoner rights in the United States]]
+ | width = 200
+ | header = Photos from rallies to close the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]
+ | image1 = Rally to Close Guantanamo 1116324.jpg
+ | alt1 = 2017 rally to close Guantanamo
+ | caption1 = 2017 rally to close Guantanamo
+ | image2 = Rally to Close Guantanamo 1111305.jpg
+ | alt2 = 2019 rally to close Guantanamo
+ | caption2 = 2019 rally to close Guantanamo
+}}
+[[File:Alcatraz visitation rules.JPG|thumb|right|Visitation rules at [[Alcatraz]]]]
+*[[Incarceration in Canada]]
+**[[Correctional Service of Canada]]
+**[[John Howard Society]]
+*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:
+***[[November Coalition]]
+***[[Critical Resistance]] and [[Incite!]]
+***[[Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee]]
+***[[Black and Pink]]
+**Notable events:
+***[[Attica Prison riot|1971 Attica Prison riot]]
+***[[Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction|1973 Wapole Prison uprising]]
+***[[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]]
+***[[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]
+***[[Orleans Parish Prison#Abandonment during Hurricane Katrina|Orleans Parish Prison abandonment during Hurricane Katrina]]
+***[[2013 California prisoner hunger strike]]
+***[[2016 U.S. prison strike]]
+***[[2018 U.S. prison strike]]
+**[[Chain gang]]
+**[[Convict leasing]]
+=== Oceania ===
-* [[Human rights in Israel#Rights of prisoners|Human right of prisoners in Israel]]
+* [[Punishment in Australia]]
+** [[Indonesian children in Australian prisons]]
+* [[Prisoners' rights in New Zealand]]
+** [[Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand]]
+* [[Human rights in Vanuatu#Prison conditions|Human rights in Vanuatu]]
+=== International ===
+[[File:One of the posters from Sunday's Print Party at Solespace in Oakland (cropped).jpg|thumb|right]]
+* [[Prisoners' rights in international law]]
+* [[Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners]]
+* [[List of countries by incarceration rate]]
+* [[List of hunger strikes]]
+* [[List of prisons]]
+*[[Penal Reform International]]
+== See also ==
+*[[Prisoner abuse]]
+*[[Prison abolition movement]]
+*[[Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic]]
+* [[Death in custody]]
+* [[Solitary confinement]]
+* [[LGBT people in prison]]
+* [[Prison–industrial complex]]
+* [[Prison overcrowding]]
+* [[Sentencing disparity]]
+* [[Disfranchisement]]
+* [[Private prison]]
+*[[Prison strike]]
 == References ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 == External links ==
 Organizations working for prisoners' rights:
-* [https://www.aclu.org/prison/ American Civil Liberties Union on prisoners' rights]
+* [https://www.aclu.org/issues/prisoners-rights American Civil Liberties Union on prisoners' rights]
-* [https://www.hrw.org/prisons/ Human Rights Watch]
+* [https://www.hrw.org/united-states/criminal-justice Human Rights Watch]
 * [https://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International]
 * [https://www.prisonactivist.org/ Prison Activist Resource Center]
-* [http://zirakbash.ir/page/Lawyer-for-prisoner Lawyer for prisoner And its conditions]
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+{{World topic|prefix=Prisoners' rights in|title=Prisoners' rights|noredlinks=yes}}
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+{{Authority control}}
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