This module will allow students to identify and analyse the main sources of law - legislation, case law and international law - relevant to prisons and prisoners’rights. The module will also explore the approach to prisons and prisoners’ rights in Irish law, the ECHR, as well other international legal instruments. The module will focus on particular themes across the prison system such as the Irish Penal System and Policy, Prisoner Rights, Prison Administration and Oversight, The Control and Management of Prisoners and Prison Litigation.
1. Prison Law and the Regulation of Prison Administration
Prisoners’ Rights – the case for barriers and protectionThe Legal Framework for prisons in IrelandInternational legal instruments on prison and prisoners’ rightsRegulating prison administration in IrelandPenal administration and obligations under international lawTemporary release and remission
2. Prisoners' Rights
The right to voteThe right to private and family lifePrison conditionsw and the right to freedom from torture or inhuman and degradingtreatment/bodily integrityAccountability and rights of prisoners to complain/redressThe right to lifeInvestigating deaths in prison custody
3.Vindicating Prisoners' rights
How prison cases are litigated Barriers to litigationApproaches to prison litigation in the international contextPenal reform through strategic litigationModels of vindicating rights
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |