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The penitentiary system in Spain: The use of imprisonment, living conditions and rehabilitation
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The article compares the use of open prison and parole in the two administrations that manage Spanish prisons and explores the relationship between a policy based on rehabilitation and the effective duration of the sentence.Abstract:
This article examines how close the Spanish penitentiary system comes to fulfilling an ideal role for the prison in the system of punishment based on: (a) limitation of the use of imprisonment; (b) normalization of prison life; and (c) early reintegration into society of prisoners in the process of rehabilitation. On the basis of official reports and data of the years 1996-2003, it is first shown that although non-custodial punishments have produced a reduction in the use of imprisonment, this effect has been extensively compensated for by the increased period that prisoners have to serve before parole is granted. Second, although prison conditions have improved considerably since the 1990s, the system continues to suffer from some important shortcomings. Finally, the article compares the use of open prison and parole in the two administrations that manage Spanish prisons (the Catalan administration and the General Administration of the State) and explores the relationship between a policy based on rehabi...read more
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Dirk van Zyl Smit,Frieder Dünkel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the purposes and other aspects of imprisonment in various societies, addressing broad questions of penal policy are discussed, including quantitative developments, types of prisons, organisational structures, the legal framework and specific problems such as complaints procedures, judicial control of prison administration, medical treatment of prisoners, prison labour, visits and outside contacts, security measures, control of the early release of sentenced prisoners, etc.
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