"Prison is not for me"
Subtitle: arbitrary detention in South Sudan
By: [Elizabeth Ashamu]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9781564328991
Subjects: Human rights; Administration of Criminal justice; Detention of persons; Prisons; Law and legislation; Rule of law; Politics and government; Political science
Other titles: Arbitrary detention in South Sudan
Description: "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.
Notes: "June 2012"

"This report was written by Elizabeth Ashamu ..."--P. 105.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Map: Prisons Visited by Human Rights Watch; title: Glossary; title: Summary and Key Recommendations; title: Methodology; title: I. Criminal Justice in the New Nation; title: Weaknesses in the Police Service; title: Complexities of a Plural Legal System; title: Prisons: The End Point; title: II. South Sudan's Obligations under  International and Domestic Law; title: III. Gaps in the Right to Due Process; title: Extended Pre-Trial Detention; title: Absence of Effective Legal Aid; title: Imprisonment by Customary Courts; title: IV. "Prison is not for Me"; title: Proxy Detention; title: Imprisonment for Marital and Sexual Offenses; title: People with Mental Disabilities; title: Imprisonment for Debt; title: Children in Conflict with the Law; title: V. Poor Prison Conditions; title: Crumbling Infrastructure and Overcrowding; title: Lack of Proper Food and Nutrition; title: Dignity and Hygiene; title: Access to Health Care; title: Punishments that Amount to Torture or Ill-treatment; title: Prison Labor; title: VI. Government Initiatives and International Support; title: Government Initiatives; title: International Support; title: VII. Recommendations; title: To Strengthen South Sudan's Human Rights Framework; title: To Improve Coordination among Rule of Law Actors; title: General Measures to Reduce Arbitrary Detention; title: To Address Concerns Related to Pre-trial Detention; title: To Improve Access to Legal Aid; title: To Address Concerns Related to Imprisonment by Customary Courts; title: To End the Practice of Proxy Detention; title: To Address Concerns Related to Imprisonment for Marital and Sexual Offenses; title: To End Imprisonment of People Due to Actual or Perceived Mental Disabilities; title: To End Imprisonment for Failure to Pay Debt; title: To Address Concerns Related to the Imprisonment of Children in  Conflict with the Law; title: To Improve Prison Conditions; title: Acknowledgments.