التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
ADDRESSING A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS: HEALTH CARE FOR PRISONERS IN AUSTRALIA. |
| المؤلفون: |
Wolf, Gabrielle, Bagaric, Mirko |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Law & Medicine; Jun2024, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p42-69, 28p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HEALTH services accessibility, MEDICAL quality control, HEALTH policy, HUMAN rights, HEALTH care reform, LEGAL status of prisoners, QUALITY assurance, MEDICAL care of prisoners |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
AUSTRALIA |
| مستخلص: |
People are sent to prison as punishment and not to experience additional punishment. Nevertheless, this principle is habitually violated in Australia: prisoners frequently receive health care that is inferior to health care that is available in the general community. Numerous official inquiries have identified deficiencies in prisoner health services, notwithstanding the apparent intention of legislative provisions and non-statutory guidelines and policies in various jurisdictions to ensure prisoners receive appropriate health care. This article proposes law reforms to address this human rights crisis. It recommends the passage of uniform legislation in all Australian jurisdictions that stipulates minimum prison health care service standards, as well as mechanisms for ensuring they are implemented. The article also suggests that, in the short-term, until prison health care is significantly improved, substandard health care for prisoners should be treated as a potentially mitigating sentencing factor that can reduce the length of a defendant's prison term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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