Prison Condition in USA vs. Russia
In assessing the human rights conditions of maximum security facilities, human rights groups look into 3 main areas: the duration of confinement; the conditions of confinement, and the criteria of eligibility. Each of these areas must be looked into individually and then considered in the context of the entire situation (Human Rights Watch). Quite a number of concerns have been raised about the human rights conditions of the individuals held in prisons including: mistreatment of inmates / detainees by prison officials; unsafe conditions; and lack of sufficient legal protection (United States Department of State, n.d.). This paper also compares the situation of prison facilities in the United States and Russia.
Introduction
The Standard Minimum Rules, or the SMRs for the Treatment of Prisoners are one of the most important international agreements on how prisoners should be handled. The SMRs were adopted in 1955 by a special United Nations congress (United States Department of State, 2012). However, studies have shown that most of the prison systems all around the globe do not treat prisoners at the standards recommended by the SMR agreement. In many nations, there is blatant disregard of international treaties on the treatment of prisoners and this paper deals with this issue with a special focus on the American and Russian prison systems.
According to the SMR, prison authorities have to treat prisoners with respect and human dignity. They should also not subject inmates to any form of treatment that could be classified as degrading, inhuman or cruel. It is however unfortunate that the public authorities in-charge of maximum security prisons are operating them in ways that basically violate human rights. The confinement conditions are unnecessarily severe and are not proportionate to the actual security concerns. The conditions also impose undue humiliation and suffering on the inmates. In short, inmates in maximum security facilities are treated with the lowest level of respect and without regards to human dignity (Human Rights Watch).
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Conditions
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