Towards Human Rights Compliance in Australian Prisons.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Introduction -- Part 1: Legal, Statistical and Sociological Context for the Operation of Prisons in Australia -- 1. The Australian Prison Population and Daily Life in Australian Prisons -- 2. Australia's International Human Rights Law Obligations -- 3. The OPCAT and the Changes It Will Impose to Prison Monitoring -- Part 2: Macro-level Prerequisites -- 4. The First Prerequisite: Reduce Reliance on Imprisonment -- 5. The Second Prerequisite: Align Domestic Legislation with Australia's International Human Rights Law Obligations -- 6. The Third Prerequisite: Shift the Focus of Imprisonment to the Goal of Rehabilitation and Restoration -- Part 3: Micro-level Prerequisites -- 7. The Fourth Prerequisite: Support Prison Staff to Treat Imprisoned People in a Human Rights-Consistent Manner -- 8. The Fifth Prerequisite: Ensure Decent Physical Conditions in All Prisons -- Conclusions -- Select Bibliography.

Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but steady growth in the protection of imprisoned people's rights over recent decades in Australia has mostly come from incremental change to prison legislation and common law principles. A radical influence is about to disrupt this slow change.

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