Prisoners' rights

Prisoners' rights
The rights of civilian and military prisoners are governed by both national and international law. International conventions include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the United Nations' Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Rights and advocacy by country
Asia
Prisons in India
Human right of prisoners in Israel
Palestinian prisoners of Israel
Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Committee for the Defense of Prisoners' Rights (Iran)
2010 Iranian political prisoners' hunger strike for prisoners' rights
Human rights in China
Penal system in China
Laogai
Xinjiang re-education camps
Notable prisons:
Qincheng Prison
Tilanqiao Prison
Penal system of Japan
Malaysian Prison Department
Caning in Malaysia
2020 Malaysia movement control order
Human rights in North Korea
Prisons in North Korea
Kwalliso
Hoeryong concentration camp
Prisons in Pakistan
Re-education camp (Vietnam)
Europe
Prison conditions in France
Prisons in Germany
Crime in Italy
Article 41-bis prison regime
Human rights in Russia
Prisoners' Union
Human rights in the Soviet Union
Gulag
United Kingdom prison population
Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners
Hirst v United Kingdom (No 2)
Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill
1981 Irish hunger strike
Children of Prisoners Europe
North America
Incarceration in Canada
Correctional Service of Canada
John Howard Society
In the United States:
Human rights in the United States
Incarceration in the United States
Prisoner rights in the United States
Decarceration in the United States
Prisoner abuse in the United States
Felony disenfranchisement in the United States
Penal labor in the United States
Prison rape in the United States
Organ donation in the United States prison population
Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons
Political prisoners in the United States
Notable groups:
November Coalition
Critical Resistance and Incite!
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
Black and Pink
Notable events:
1971 Attica Prison riot
1973 Wapole Prison uprising
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Orleans Parish Prison abandonment during Hurricane Katrina
2013 California prisoner hunger strike
2016 U.S. prison strike
2018 U.S. prison strike
Chain gang
Convict leasing
Oceania
Punishment in Australia
Indonesian children in Australian prisons
Prisoners' rights in New Zealand
Voting rights of prisoners in New Zealand
Human rights in Vanuatu
International
Prisoners' rights in international law
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
List of countries by incarceration rate
List of hunger strikes
List of prisons
Penal Reform International
See also
Prisoner abuse
Prison abolition movement
Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Death in custody
Solitary confinement
LGBT people in prison
Prison–industrial complex
Prison overcrowding
Sentencing disparity
Disfranchisement
Private prison
Prison strike
References
External links
Organizations working for prisoners' rights:
American Civil Liberties Union on prisoners' rights
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
Prison Activist Resource Center
Penal imprisonment
Penology
Human rights by issue