Radicalization in Prisons? Field Research in 25 Spanish Prisons

This article has two principal objectives: (1) to study the behavioral dimensions of Muslim prisoners which predict their Islamist radicalism and (2) to study whether the behavior manifested by them is higher in prisons with a greater concentration of Muslims and a higher presence of prisoners convicted for Islamist terrorism than in prisons with fewer Muslims and no convicted Islamist terrorists. We conclude that some Spanish prisons may provide favorable social environments for jihadist radicalism and that the questionnaire utilized is a useful diagnostic tool for evaluating the magnitude of this phenomenon.     

The Australian Prisons Census: Estimating remand times

By applying a renewal theory model to data from the Australian Prisons Census, we estimate the number of remand receptions at prisons and the mean and median remand times served by prisoners during the period 1982–1990. We conclude that despite the general increases in court delays, and despite a large increase in the remand reception rate between 1982 and 1990, remand times have been largely unaffected, with the median remand time for 1990 being 1.7 weeks. Comparisons are made with official figures for various states and with figures for Canada and England/Wales.     

暴力犯比例增大及相应的监管改造对策

暴力犯比例的增大给监狱机关的监管改造工作埋下了不可忽视的隐患,其对监管安全构成的威胁自不待言。鉴于此,必须认真研究和分析暴力犯的基本情况,掌握其成分变化及特点,并有针对性地提出相应的监管改造对策。     

公安监所人权保障略论

保障被监管人员的合法权利,是公安监所的重要职能.近年来,我国公安监所在人权保障方面取得了重大进步:一是健全了被监管人员权利保障的法律体系；二是实行了被监管人员权利保障的有效措施；三是提高了满足被监管人员权利需要的物质保障水平；四是建立了被监管人员权利保障的监督机制.但随着社会的发展,公安监所人权保障工作也遇到了许多新情况、新问题、新要求,需要在以下方面进行改进和完善:加强人权教育,提高监管民警和被监管人员的人权意识；加强立法建设,健全保障被监管人员权利的法律制度；加强监管执法监督机制建设,确保被监管人员权利得到真正保障.     

监所检察视野下的罚金刑执行困境及出路

罚金刑在我国刑法中被广泛适用,但在司法实践中,大量的罚金刑得不到有效执行,严重地影响了司法权威。新修改的人民检察院《刑诉规则》将罚金刑执行的监督职责赋予给了监所检察部门,监所检察部门一定要适应形势,找准其中存在问题的原因,积极获取监督信息,找准监督内容,完善监督制约机制;同时,监所检察部门也要完善自身机构,把监督触角前伸,规范法院对罚金刑的判处,在减刑假释中加强对罪犯财产状况的调查,保证对罚金刑执行监督的不缺位。     

超越监所安全和深挖犯罪辩争的“六论”剖析

监所安全历来被视为看守所管理的基本问题,监所侦查是监所的一项法定职能活动,与监所安全、刑罚执行、教育改造和监所生活卫生管理等职能一样,是监所执法的重要组成部分。对于监所安全与监所侦查问题,无论是在理论研究还是实践实务上,无论是从侦查实务角度还是诉讼理论角度,均存在种种争辩。辩证唯物主义哲学的方法是研究监所侦查问题的基本方法,应明确监所侦查理论对于实践的应有引领作用。     

THE REPRODUCTIVE AND PARENTAL RIGHTS OF INCARCERATED MOTHERS

Acknowledging the explosive growth in the number of incarcerated women in the United States, this Note critically examines the current treatment of mothers and expectant mothers in the U.S. prison system. This Note highlights the severe inadequacy of current prison policies and accompanying maltreatment of incarcerated women and their children, especially with regard to the frequent separation of mothers from their children and the poor health care available to expectant mothers. The damage inflicted by current prison policies must be comprehensively redressed through the creation of prison nursery programs, halfway houses, the provision of optimal prenatal care, and the elimination of the draconian practice of shackling pregnant women. Such reforms will not only benefit incarcerated women and their children, but will also deter recidivism and promote the welfare of the community at large.     

Radicalization of U.S. prisoners

Research Summary
Concern has been expressed that prisoner radicalization poses a high probability threat to the safety of the United States. Although the threat of terrorist acts planned in prison is known to be above zero because of a nearly executed terrorist plot hatched in a state prison, the central finding of this research is that the actual probability is modest. The reasons for a modest probability are fourfold: Order and stability in U.S. prisons were achieved during the buildup period, prison officials successfully implemented efforts to counter the "importation" of radicalism, correctional leadership infused antiradicalization into their agencies, and inmates' low levels of education decreased the appeals of terrorism.
Policy Implications
The prison environment permits a great deal of information to be collected on the activities and, more difficult to detect, planned activities of inmates after they are released. This environment requires the attentive observation of staff, collection of information from inmates, and efforts at different levels of a correctional agency to assemble, collate, and assess information; much of it is likely to be false and some will be vital.     

THE EFFECT OF SUPERMAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS ON AGGREGATE LEVELS OF INSTITUTIONAL VIOLENCE*

Supermax prisons have been advanced as means of controlling the “worst of the worst” and making prisons safer places to live and work. This research examined the effect of supermaxes on aggregate levels of violence in three prison systems using a multiple interrupted time series design. No support was found for the hypothesis that supermaxes reduce levels of inmate‐on‐inmate violence. Mixed support was found for the hypothesis that supermax increases staff safety: the implementation of a supermax had no effect on levels of inmate‐on‐staff assaults in Minnesota, temporarily increased staff injuries in Arizona, and reduced assaults against staff in Illinois.