SYMPOSIUM - A MODEL ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF PRISONERS

• NCJ Number: 25539
• Journal: Washington University Law Quarterly Volume: 1973 Issue: 3 Dated: (SUMMER 1973) Pages: 551-646
• Author(s): S RUBIN; J A JABLONSKI; J W L PARK; C MANN; F COHEN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 96 pages
• Corporate Author: Washington University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ANALYZING THE PROVISIONS OF THE MODEL ACT IN LIGHT OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF PRISONERS' RIGHTS.

Abstract

THE MODEL ACT IS A PRODUCT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY AND WAS PUBLISHED LATE IN 1972. ONE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE ORIGINS AND PURPOSES OF THE MODEL ACT. ANOTHER EXAMINES THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS BELIEVED SHOULD BE ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION - THE CONTROL OF THE DISCRETION OF PRISON ADMINISTRATORS. ONE CONTRIBUTOR DISCUSSES THE PROBLEMS OF PRISON ADMINISTRATION WHICH MIGHT BE CREATED BY THE ASSERTION OF PRISONERS' RIGHTS UNDER THE ACT. ANOTHER ARGUES THAT THE MODEL ACT SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PRISON BY UPGRADING PRISON PERSONNEL AND INSTITUTING SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS IN PRISONS. FINALLY, A CONTRIBUTOR CRITICIZES THE ACT FOR ITS FAILURE TO ADDRESS SOME KEY ISSUES AND ITS FAILURE TO EXPAND EXISTING PRISONERS' RIGHTS. THE MODEL ACT IS REPRINTED IN AN APPENDIX FOLLOWING THE ARTICLES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)