Beyond Prison
The Fight to Reform Prison Systems around the World
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2008
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-84545-454-8 (ISBN)
Description
"This is an exceptional personal testimony and story of achievement - Ahmed Othmani tells of his own appalling treatment when in detention and how it informed and inspired a lifetime vocation to struggle for the rights of all prisoners everywhere. As the story demonstrates, Othmani is one of those rare individuals who moved from passion and conviction to effective action - he was responsible for the establishment of one of the world's most reliable and mature human rights organizations, in the field of penal reform, Penal Reform International (PRI). His untimely death in Morocco in 2004 deprived the cause of a passionate advocate, but the work goes on." [From the Preface]
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Library binding
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84545-454-8 (9781845454548)
DOI
10.3167/9781845454548
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Person
Ahmed Othmani (1947-2004) was a great figureof the human rights movement and one of the historical leaders of the left in Tunisia. Tunisia's leader Bourguiba imprisoned Othmani (1966-1980). This led him to establish Penal Reform International (PRI) whom he served until he was killed in a hit and run road accident in Morocco in December 2004.
Content
Foreword
Robert Badinter
Preface
Mary Robinson
Chapter 1. Journey of a Generation
From the arid plains to the city
Starting in politics
From activism to repression
The experience of torture
The experience of prison
A different way of learning about politics
Chapter 2. From Revolution to the Defence of Freedom
In praise of pluralism
Reaching out to the world
Defending the rights of all: the creation of PRI
North and South, a false dichotomy
Humanising prison
Chapter 3. Crime and Punishment
Dispensing justice
Only for the powerful...
Parallel justice... ...or alternative justice?
A diverse situation worldwide
Justice and prison
Chapter 4. Prisons - a World Apart
Overcrowding in prisons
The United States, Russia and their emulators
Old and new offences
A crisis of criminal justice
Dramatic health and social problems
Halting the mindless reaction
Chapter 5. Prison - a Caricature of Society
The rich and the rest
Fear, order and violence
Risky cohabitation
A pathogenic environment
Prisoners and the outside world
Work in prison
Chapter 6. Do Prisoners Have Rights?
The slow process of developing laws
Good and bad learners
The ghost gulag
The unique case of Rwanda
Implementing gacaca
Chapter 7. Alternatives to Prison
Prevention is better
What should replace prison?
Community service
Post-sentence rehabilitation
Chapter 8. Reforming Prison
Resistance to reform
Outside influences
What reforms, and for what kind of prison?
A realistic ideal
Winning over the doubters
Postface
Simone Othmani Lellouche
Robert Badinter
Preface
Mary Robinson
Chapter 1. Journey of a Generation
From the arid plains to the city
Starting in politics
From activism to repression
The experience of torture
The experience of prison
A different way of learning about politics
Chapter 2. From Revolution to the Defence of Freedom
In praise of pluralism
Reaching out to the world
Defending the rights of all: the creation of PRI
North and South, a false dichotomy
Humanising prison
Chapter 3. Crime and Punishment
Dispensing justice
Only for the powerful...
Parallel justice... ...or alternative justice?
A diverse situation worldwide
Justice and prison
Chapter 4. Prisons - a World Apart
Overcrowding in prisons
The United States, Russia and their emulators
Old and new offences
A crisis of criminal justice
Dramatic health and social problems
Halting the mindless reaction
Chapter 5. Prison - a Caricature of Society
The rich and the rest
Fear, order and violence
Risky cohabitation
A pathogenic environment
Prisoners and the outside world
Work in prison
Chapter 6. Do Prisoners Have Rights?
The slow process of developing laws
Good and bad learners
The ghost gulag
The unique case of Rwanda
Implementing gacaca
Chapter 7. Alternatives to Prison
Prevention is better
What should replace prison?
Community service
Post-sentence rehabilitation
Chapter 8. Reforming Prison
Resistance to reform
Outside influences
What reforms, and for what kind of prison?
A realistic ideal
Winning over the doubters
Postface
Simone Othmani Lellouche