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050 00 $aHV9843.5$b.A84 2012
100 1 $aAshamu, Elizabeth.
245 10 $a"Prison is not for me" :$barbitrary detention in South Sudan /$c[Elizabeth Ashamu].
246 30 $aArbitrary detention in South Sudan
260 $aNew York :$bHuman Rights Watch,$c2012.
300 $aii, 105 p. :$bcol. ill., map (some col.) ;$c28 cm.
500 $a"June 2012"
500 $a"This report was written by Elizabeth Ashamu ..."--P. 105.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"This 105-page report documents violations of due process rights, patterns of wrongful deprivation of liberty, and the harsh, unacceptable prison conditions in which detainees live. The research was done during a 10-month period before and after South Sudan's independence, on July 9, 2011."--Publisher's website.
505 0 $aMap: Prisons Visited by Human Rights Watch -- Glossary -- Summary and Key Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Criminal Justice in the New Nation -- Weaknesses in the Police Service -- Complexities of a Plural Legal System -- Prisons: The End Point -- II. South Sudan's Obligations under International and Domestic Law -- III. Gaps in the Right to Due Process -- Extended Pre-Trial Detention -- Absence of Effective Legal Aid -- Imprisonment by Customary Courts -- IV. "Prison is not for Me" -- Proxy Detention -- Imprisonment for Marital and Sexual Offenses -- People with Mental Disabilities -- Imprisonment for Debt -- Children in Conflict with the Law -- V. Poor Prison Conditions -- Crumbling Infrastructure and Overcrowding -- Lack of Proper Food and Nutrition -- Dignity and Hygiene -- Access to Health Care -- Punishments that Amount to Torture or Ill-treatment -- Prison Labor -- VI. Government Initiatives and International Support -- Government Initiatives -- International Support -- VII. Recommendations -- To Strengthen South Sudan's Human Rights Framework -- To Improve Coordination among Rule of Law Actors -- General Measures to Reduce Arbitrary Detention -- To Address Concerns Related to Pre-trial Detention -- To Improve Access to Legal Aid -- To Address Concerns Related to Imprisonment by Customary Courts -- To End the Practice of Proxy Detention -- To Address Concerns Related to Imprisonment for Marital and Sexual Offenses -- To End Imprisonment of People Due to Actual or Perceived Mental Disabilities -- To End Imprisonment for Failure to Pay Debt -- To Address Concerns Related to the Imprisonment of Children in Conflict with the Law -- To Improve Prison Conditions -- Acknowledgments.
650 0 $aDetention of persons$zSouth Sudan.
650 0 $aPrisons$xLaw and legislation$zSouth Sudan.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zSouth Sudan.
650 0 $aRule of law$zSouth Sudan.
650 0 $aHuman rights$zSouth Sudan.
651 0 $aSouth Sudan$xPolitics and government$y2011-
650 7 $aCriminal justice, Administration of.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00883246
650 7 $aDetention of persons.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00891620
650 7 $aHuman rights.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00963285
650 7 $aPolitical science.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01069781
650 7 $aPrisons$xLaw and legislation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01077367
650 7 $aRule of law.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01101218
651 7 $aSouth Sudan.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01773109
648 7 $aSince 2011$2fast
653 $aSouth Sudan
653 $aImprisonment
653 $aPrisons
653 $aPrisoners
653 $aHuman rights violations
653 $aCriminal justice
653 $aDue process of the law
653 $aInternational law
653 $aInterviews
653 $aOverseas item
710 2 $aHuman Rights Watch (Organization)
776 08 $iOnline version:$aAshamu, Elizabeth.$t"Prison is not for me".$d[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, c2012$z1564328996$w(OCoLC)796949237