Neutrality as an Element of Perceived Justice in Prison:&lt;br&gt;Consistency versus Individualization

Boone, Miranda; Kox, Mieke

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“…In the case of Ireland, committals of non-Irish prisoners increased 50 percent between 2015 and 2018 (Irish Prison Service, 2020). Among the challenges faced by foreigner prisoners are language barriers, which impact their ability to communicate with others and build relationships (Boone and Kox, 2014). They may also experience practical difficulties around culture and getting to grips with the administrative and bureaucratic requirements of an unfamiliar system (Bhui, 2004; Kaufman, 2015; Ugelvik, 2014), and they may be especially vulnerable to mental distress, self-harm and suicide (Borrill and Taylor, 2009; Van Ginneken et al, 2019).…”

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“…Prisons are places of ‘pains’ (Sykes, 1958), some of which are inherent to the experience of the deprivation of liberty, and others that are violations of human rights. Some groups within prisons may be especially vulnerable to rights violations, including foreign prisoners (Van Kalmthout et al, 2007; Warr, 2016) and those who do not speak the dominant language (Boone and Kox, 2014), older prisoners (Caravaca Sánchez et al, 2020), prisoners with disabilities (Baldry et al, 2013) and those in segregation (Dhami et al, 2007; Gullone et al, 2000). There are multiple examples, both in Europe and globally, of treatment that falls below the minimum standards required under domestic and international law (Cliquennois and Snacken, 2018; Daems and Robert, 2017; Van Zyl Smit and Snacken, 2009).…”

Section: Protecting Human Rights In Prisons: Inspection and Monitorin...mentioning

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Towards a typology of prisoners’ awareness of and familiarity with prison inspection and monitoring bodies

Valk

Aizpurúa

Rogan

2021

European Journal of Criminology

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Inspection and monitoring bodies have an important role in the protection of prisoners’ rights. Although these bodies are seen as widely beneficial, there is limited research examining their operations in practice. This study addresses this gap in the existing literature by identifying unique profiles of prisoners based on their familiarity with prison oversight bodies. In addition, the relationship between profiles and key factors (personal characteristics, sentence-related variables and those related to life in prison) was examined using multinomial regression. Participants were 508 males randomly selected from three prisons in Ireland. Data were collected between November 2018 and February 2019, using self-administered surveys. Latent class analysis revealed four subgroups of prisoners characterized by distinct patterns of awareness and contact with prison oversight bodies: (1) Low familiarity (44.1 percent); (2) High awareness with low contact (26.4 percent); (3) High familiarity with the Visiting Committees but low with other oversight bodies (14.2 percent); and (4) High familiarity (15.4 percent). Notably, the largest group was the low familiarity group, and few prisoners belonged to the high familiarity group. Nationality, sentence length, confidence in staff and complaint usage were linked to class membership. The results of this study point to the importance of increasing awareness of inspection and monitoring bodies among prisoners in general, and among certain groups in particular.

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Towards a typology of prisoners’ awareness of and familiarity with prison inspection and monitoring bodies

Valk

Aizpurúa

Rogan

2021

European Journal of Criminology

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“…For instance, Boone and Kox point at the relevance of distributive justice (individual treatment) in prison. 37…”

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The Dutch Complaint Procedure: A “Picture-Perfect” Procedure?

Rijst

Jacobs

2022

Utrecht Law Review

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The aim of this article is to urge the need for (further) research into the experiences of prisoners with the Dutch complaint procedure in prisons. Legally and theoretically speaking, the Dutch complaint procedure is almost "picture-perfect": it has been set as an example by the ECtHR and has repeatedly received a high approval rating by the CPT. Therefore, it could serve -and is already serving -as an example for other member states of the Council of Europe. However, the Dutch Life in Custody Study shows that prisoners are not satisfied with the way their complaint is dealt with and the procedure is overflowing with complaints. For the Dutch complaint procedure to keep serving as an example for other countries, and at the same time to be able to overcome the challenges it faces today, the causes of and solutions for these challenges should be investigated. We argue that (inter alia) the notion of procedural justice could provide excellent opportunities for further research in this field.

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“…These findings are supported by qualitative investigations of procedural justice in prisons. Boone and Kox (2014), for example, interviewed 30 persons who were incarcerated and 36 staff (ranging from prison workers to governors) in the Tilburg Prison in the Netherlands. Tilburg Prison comprised unique setting for investigation as it was a Dutch prison populated by Belgians.…”

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Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Prisons: A Review of Extant Empirical Literature

Ryan

Bergin

2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Significant in the management of a safe and secure custodial environment is the compliance of incarcerated persons with the prison rules and the directives of prison officers. In recent years, there has been increased research focus on the role of normative compliance in the prison environment, which is postulated to derive from the perceptions of legitimacy and procedural justice of those who are incarcerated. This article presents the findings of a scoping review of the empirical literature as it relates to procedural justice and legitimacy in prison settings. This literature is charted and then analyzed across two primary themes, namely “Shaping Perceptions of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy” and “Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Compliance.” The presence of normative compliance in prisons and the contribution of procedurally just treatment to perceptions of legitimacy held by persons who are incarcerated are discussed.

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Neutrality as an Element of Perceived Justice in Prison:<br>Consistency versus Individualization

Cited by 5 publications

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Towards a typology of prisoners’ awareness of and familiarity with prison inspection and monitoring bodies

Towards a typology of prisoners’ awareness of and familiarity with prison inspection and monitoring bodies

The Dutch Complaint Procedure: A “Picture-Perfect” Procedure?

Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Prisons: A Review of Extant Empirical Literature

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