Resources and links
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International instruments | European bodies | International NGOs | Professional associations
Monitoring and prison reform bodies: England and Wales | Miscellaneous
International instruments
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System
Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966
Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)
United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules)
European bodies
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
European Court of Human Rights
International Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
Association for the Prevention of Torture
Professional Associations
International
International Council of Nurses
UK
British Psychological Association
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Monitoring and prison reform bodies: England and Wales
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons
International Centre for Prison Studies
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
Miscellaneous & Reports
Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons
'Hellhole' by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 30 March 2009
PHR report Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical evidence of torture by the US
Prison Service Journal Special Issue on Solitary Confinement
'Screams from solitary' by Lance Tapley, The Phoenix, February 2010
Solitary Watch [A great resource for news about solitary confinement and supermax prisons, with a focus on the United States. Regularly updated.]
Supermaxed [A website dedicated to supermax prisons. Contains many links]
'The Worst of the Worst: Supermax Torture in America' by Lance Tapley, The Boston Review, November-December 2010
Solitary Confinement, By Ken Strutin, published Aug 10, 2010 ["The selected materials collected here represent current research and thinking about the physical, psychological and legal implications of isolation as punishment, and the policy issues behind continuing this practice in the light of national and international standards and human rights declarations"]
New York Bar Association report on supermax prisons, September 2011 (PDF)
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture report on Solitary Confinement, submitted to the General Assembly, 5 August 2011. UN Doc Number: A 66/268 (PDF)
Colorado Department of Corrections Administrative Segregation and Classification Review By James Austin, Ph.D. and Emmitt Sparkman, October 2011 (PDF)
Social deprivation as torture: A bibliography of research about adult animals in social isolation. By Linn-Therese Brattli Mortensen, University of Tromsø, Norway (PDF)
Lifetime Lockdown: How Isolation Conditions Impact Prisoner Reentry. American Friends Society Report, August 2012 (PDF)
Boxed In: the true cost of extreme isolation in New York’s prisons. Report by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 2012 (PDF)
Prison studies of solitary confinement: A bibliography of research on psychological effects of social isolation, pre-trial isolation and supermax conditions. By Are Haram Klykken, University of Tromso, Norway (PDF) November 2012
Prison photography website