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Download full textMorin, Lucien; Cosman, J. W. – 1988
Because the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners represent what the international community considers minimum standards of respectability and decency in the treatment of prisoners, they are very influential. Unfortunately, they include no underlying rationale, an omission that is a major obstacle to interpretation and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Morin, Lucien; Cosman, J. W. – 1984
The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners do not express the basic principle that would support a serious educational approach to prison administration. The crucial missing rationale is the concept of the inherent dignity of the individual human prisoner. This concept has certain basic educational implications,…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminal Law
