Introduction to prison law; the legal framework and administrative structure of the prison system; legal and non-legal avenues of redress in the UK; international law avenues of redress; living conditions in prison; access to the outside world and maintenance of family contacts; prison discipline; maintain good order and discipline; release from prison; conclusion - prisons and the law. Appendices: Prison Act 1952; Prison Rules 1964 - Young Offender Institution Rules 1988, the European Prison Rules 1987; Standing Order 3D - offences, adjudications and punishments, Standing Orders 3E - management of violent or refractory prisoners, Standing Order 4 - facilities, Standing Order 5 - communications; Circular Instruction 26/1990 - Circular Instruction 37/1990; the European Convention on Human Rights - European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment; Criminal Justice Act 1991 Part II - the Parole Board Rules 1992, extracts from Standing Order 3C; framework document for the prison service - sections 84-92 Criminal Justice Act 1991 and Schedule 10.
