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PRISON SYSTEM [9 records]

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Record 1 2014-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

The lawsuit seeks a supervisory injunction, a rare order that would compel the government to set up such a program, and argues that incarcerated drug users are at a far greater risk than those outside the prison system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit judiciaire
DEF

Ordonnance émise par un juge de la Cour supérieure qui vise à forcer un organisme à accomplir un acte de surveillance ou à exercer un pouvoir de contrôle dans le cadre d'un programme quelconque.

OBS

Il est important de ne pas confondre «supervisory order» à «supervisory injunction» dans ce contexte même si leur équivalent peut présenter quelques ressemblances. L'expression «supervisory order» se traduit par «ordonnance de surveillance» et «supervisory injunction» par «injonction de surveillance».

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
CONT

One of the most frequently asked questions about any prison system is the recidivism of released offenders. This question is often asked of the Canadian federal prison system, which is responsible for offenders serving sentences from two years to life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

[To] force into a tight space.

CONT

Overwhelming evidence presented to the Commission highlighted that prison is rarely the solution for the complex issues faced by women offenders. As a minority population, women [offenders] are being shoe-horned into a system that is not designed for their needs.

Key term(s)
  • shoe horn

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
  • Criminology
CONT

A model prison was constructed at Auburn in New York to implement the various features of the new system, which was instituted by 1825. The main distinguishing feature of the silent system was that prisoners were allowed to work together in the daytime. Silence was strictly enforced at all times, however, and at night the prisoners were confined in individual cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Criminologie
DEF

Règle adoptée en 1825 selon laquelle les prisonniers devaient garder le silence en tout temps. Cette règle n'a plus cours aujourd'hui.

CONT

De nouveaux établissements ont été construits, les anciens ont été rénovés, les conditions de vie des détenus ont été améliorées, la discipline s'est assouplie, la règle du silence a été abolie, le travail a été rendu moins pénible et des loisirs ont été organisés.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
CONT

The deprivation model is based on the assumption that imprisonment is a degrading and depriving experience. Inmates, in an effort to alleviate the "pains of imprisonment" formulate and maintain a subcultural normative system which emphasizes physical toughness, rejection of the formal institution and exploitation of prison programs and staff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
CONT

Le modèle de privation se fonde sur l'hypothèse selon laquelle l'emprisonnement est une expérience dégradante et «restrictive». Dans un effort pour alléger les «douleurs de l'emprisonnement», les détenus conçoivent et entretiennent une sous-culture normative qui met l'accent sur la résistance physique, le rejet de l'établissement de détention et l'exploitation des programmes et du personnel de l'établissement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

National Prison Fellowship organizations devoted to holistic Christian ministry both in prisons and in communities for the welfare of prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families on a global scale. Promotes biblical standards of justice in the criminal justice system and assists in implementing effective alternatives to incarceration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Ex-convicts and others interested in penal reform. Seeks to create greater public awareness of the prison system and of the problems confronting inmates before, after, and during incarceration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Prisoners and former prisoners, their families, and others concerned with prison reform. Aims to reduce crime through reform of the criminal justice system. Seeks to influence congressional and legislative changes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
CONT

... the Auburn system... was established at the prison built in Auburn, N. Y. Under this system,... prisoners were permitted to work together in groups, but always in silence. Each had his own tiny cell in which he remained when not working.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
CONT

Après avoir constaté le grand nombre de cas de folie, les réformateurs de New York adoptèrent, vers 1823, un régime intermédiaire, appelé depuis lors régime auburnien, qui est celui de l'isolement en cellule la nuit et de travail en commun, mais en silence, durant la journée.

Spanish

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