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Prison visits and desistance: a human rights perspective

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posted on 2023-06-09, 11:53 authored by Marie Hutton
The important role of family contact in the desistance process is almost universally acknowledged and enshrined in policy on prison visits in England and Wales. In the first instance, this chapter challenges these dominant narratives and questions the extent to which such a discourse is legitimate and appropriate. This chapter then argues that the system of linking visits entitlement to prisoners’ incentive and earned privileges status is misguided and pernicious policy. Rather than fostering the Article 8 right to respect for private and family life of prisoners’ and their families, this policy fundamentally undermines it and the right to rehabilitation that is central to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Page range

187-209

Pages

301.0

Book title

New Perspectives on Desistance

Place of publication

London

ISBN

9781349951857

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  • Law Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Crime Research Centre Publications

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  • No

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  • No

Editors

Esther F J C Van Ginniken, Emily Luise Hart

Legacy Posted Date

2018-02-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-02-02

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