World Prison Population: Facts, Trends and Solutions
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...Like in other European countries, in order to deal with the growth of prison population ( Walmsley, 2001 ), the Portuguese Government decided to build more prisons, boosting the capacity but, even so, not avoiding the inmates overcrowding in some particular cases (DGSP, 2009)....
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...TKACHUK & WALMSLEY, 2001, p. 6....
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...Com freqüência, os detentos não têm onde dormir ou sentar, a higiene é precária e a comida e o vestuário são inadequados.(18) Em meio a tanta decadência e privação, funcionários sobrecarregados têm dificuldade em supervisionar os detentos e prover bons níveis de higiene e nutrição....
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...However, observers have argued (Hill cited in Tkachuk and Walmsley, 2001:10) that, “…the truth is that directors of individual prisons and their staff must try to provide humane treatment for those they have been ordered to hold…one must be motivated, imaginative and creative to find appropriate…...
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...The International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS, see van Kesteren et al., 2000) includes a question on public attitudes to punishment, asking the respondents what sentence they considered most appropriate for a recidivist burglar - a man aged 21 who is found guilty of burglary for the second time,…...
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