PRISONS

Catholic Bishops' Conference calls for prison & sentencing reform to support victims and reduce prison population - 2020, 184, 58
Catholic support for victims of crime & reform to increase non-custodial sentencing - 2020, 184, 58
death penalty, do better prison conditions make it more necessary? - 2006, 156, 3
European Court of Human Rights: cases concerning prisoners - 2001, 146, 5
failures of our justice and prison systems; lessons from Norway on how to improve recidivism rates - 2019, 182, 58
media coverage forms public opinion that sentencing is too lenient; better information needed (church could play a role) - 2020, 184, 58
mental health conditions and offending: Catholic calls for psychiatric alternatives to prison - 2020, 184, 58
Muslim prisoner should not have to break reasonable voluntary fast to provide drugs test urine (case) - 2011, 167, 100
not discriminatory to refuse to allow male prisoners to object to rub-down searches by female officers (case) - 2013, 171, 108
pre-sentence reports, Catholic reflections on importance of detailed ones; & education of legal professionals on effects of sentences on offender / family - 2020, 184, 58
prison chaplains post 2002 can be non-Christian: muslim claimed indirect discrimination as paid less due to shorter service time; dismissed as proportionate (case) - 2014, 172, 97
prison service pay scale for Muslim chaplains indirectly discriminatory, but was this proportionate? (case) - 2017, 178, 129
prison worker preaching against homosexuality without permission sacked; rights not infringed (case) - 2017, 179, 250
prisoners' rights, their nature and methods of enforcement - 1980, 66/67, 60
Problem-Solving Courts: useful for drug / alcohol / mental health influenced offenders to deliver specialised community sentences - 2020, 184, 58
resettlement & rehabilitation, need for a consistent focus on - 2006, 157, 4
sentence lengths increasing puts pressure on prison resources; abolishing short sentences may help & improve rehabilitation - 2020, 184, 58
Sikh police officer can be banned from wearing ritual dagger, proportionate means to legitimate aim (case) - 2012, 169, 264
training programmes - 1990, 106/107, 2
traveller community, Catholic links could be used to address high levels of imprisonment - 2020, 184, 58
women offenders: Catholic vision for reducing numbers / reoffending of women in custody & importance of support for complex needs / mental health - 2020, 184, 58
Latvia
Hare Krishna prisoner complaining of ridicule & problems observing religious rituals, inadmissible claims (ECHR) - 2012, 168, 126
Hare Krishna prisoner refused permission to have religious items and recordings as these were not on list of allowed items (info. note) - 2012, 169, 272
Poland
Buddhist in prison has right to vegetarian meals (ECHR) - 2011, 166, 83
Romania
authorities can remove Baptist prisoner's radio-cassette player used for religious purposes as every religious act is not protected (ECHR) - 2013, 170, 108
covid 19 restrictions: prisoner refused permission to attend external religious services; Article 9 rights not violated (ECHR) - 2023, 190, 94
detention conditions of prisoner violated Article 3 & 8 since authorities failed to show it was necessary to refuse attendance at mother's funeral (ECHR) - 2017, 178, 137
detention conditions violated rights but not being able to confess to a priest on a particular day did not (ECHR) - 2014, 173, 219
Jewish and Muslim prisoners alleging breach of freedom to practise religion failed to exhaust domestic remedies; but Muslim's physical detention conditions breached Article 3 (ECHR) - 2017, 178, 126
muslim prisoner wins case that overcrowding breaches Article 3 rights; inability to practise Islam (Article 9) claim rejected as didn't exhaust domestic remedies (ECHR) - 2015, 175, 296
Orthodox prisoners, degrading treatment upheld but no breach of religious freedom as no evidence for this put forward (ECHR) - 2012, 169, 274
prison authorities violated rights by failing to provide Buddhist prisoner with vegetarian diet (ECHR) - 2014, 172, 104
prison recorded wrong religion for prisoner; correction not required as many years previously and no discrimination alleged (ECHR) - 2021, 186, 69
prisoners who converted to Islam in prison denied dietary changes; Article 9 violated (ECHR) - 2021, 186, 70

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