15 November 15.00 (sharp) - 16.00

Zoom: https://gu-se.zoom.us/my/damon.barrett

This session is a space for us to continue discussing types and categories of rights. In this case we are looking at human rights in a potentially controversial setting - prisons.

We will be joined by Dr Rick Lines, Head of Substance Misuse for Public Health Wales; Honorary Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Swansea University. Rick has extensive experience working on prisoners' rights, HIV programmes in prisons, as well as advising UN agencies and national governments on prison health.

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https://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/law/lines-r/Links to an external site.

During the session we will begin with a short introduction to Rick and prisoners' rights.

We will then break into small discussion groups for a while before returning for a Q & A session.

In the small discussion groups we'll address these questions:

What distinguishes prisoners from other members of society?
Shouldn't prisoners forfeit their rights following their conviction?
If they forfeit some rights, which ones, and why? (Is forfeit the right word to use, here?)

Please feel free to have other questions for Rick so you can benefit from his insights.

Reading (skim):

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (2015) ('The Nelson Mandela RulesLinks to an external site.')
United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (2010) ('The Bangkok Rules'Links to an external site.)

Something to watch: Human Rights Watch - Pakistan's overcrowded prisons

The HRW report that's the subject of the above clip https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/03/29/nightmare-everyone/health-crisis-pakistans-prisons