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Correctional oversight bodies’ resources and protections across the European Union: Are their hands tied?
Criminology & Criminal Justice ( IF 1.604 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 , DOI: 10.1177/1748895820986966
Eva Aizpurua 1, 2 , Mary Rogan 1
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Oversight bodies play a critical role in upholding human rights standards in prison. Several international instruments require states to establish independent forms of prison oversight and to give them the powers they need to conduct their work. Resources are central to the effectiveness and independence of oversight bodies. Of equal importance is the ability of prison oversight bodies to offer protections against reprisals for those who choose to speak to them and for their own staff. In this article, we provide results from the first survey of prison oversight bodies in the European Union and the United Kingdom, focusing on the resources and protections which prison oversight bodies in these states have to enable them to conduct their work. Our results suggest the need to strengthen the financial independence of prison oversight bodies, with slightly less than half of the bodies having their own budget to monitor prisons. Bodies which had their own budgets had a greater number of staff members and a greater variety of professional backgrounds among their members, likely influencing their ability to fulfil their mandate. Our results also point to the need to develop further protection mechanisms against reprisals for those who speak with inspectors as well as for staff from prison oversight bodies.



中文翻译:

惩教监督机构在整个欧盟的资源和保护:他们的双手绑在一起了吗?

监督机构在维护监狱中的人权标准方面发挥着关键作用。几项国际文书要求各州建立独立的监狱监督形式,并赋予其开展工作所需的权力。资源对于监督机构的有效性和独立性至关重要。同样重要的是,监狱监督机构有能力为选择与其交谈的人和自己的工作人员提供免遭报复的保护。在本文中,我们提供了欧洲联盟和联合王国监狱监管机构的首次调查结果,重点是这些国家的监狱监管机构为使他们能够开展工作而必须提供的资源和保护。我们的结果表明,有必要加强监狱监督机构的财务独立性,略少于一半的机构有自己的预算来监视监狱。拥有自己预算的机构拥有更多的工作人员和成员中更多的专业背景,这可能会影响他们完成任务的能力。我们的结果还指出,有必要建立进一步的保护机制,以防止与检查员交谈的人以及监狱监督机构的工作人员遭到报复。

更新日期:2021-03-15
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