Book contents
- Reviews
- Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Transnational Legal Ordering and Transnational Crimes
- Part III Transnational Legal Ordering and International Crimes
- Part IV Transnational Legal Ordering and Human Rights Standards in Criminal Justice
- Chapter Nine International Prison Standards and Transnational Criminal Justice
- Chapter Ten The Transnational Legal Ordering of the Death Penalty
- Chapter Eleven Performance, Power, and Transnational Legal Ordering
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- References
Chapter Nine - International Prison Standards and Transnational Criminal Justice
from Part IV - Transnational Legal Ordering and Human Rights Standards in Criminal Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2020
- Reviews
- Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Transnational Legal Ordering and Transnational Crimes
- Part III Transnational Legal Ordering and International Crimes
- Part IV Transnational Legal Ordering and Human Rights Standards in Criminal Justice
- Chapter Nine International Prison Standards and Transnational Criminal Justice
- Chapter Ten The Transnational Legal Ordering of the Death Penalty
- Chapter Eleven Performance, Power, and Transnational Legal Ordering
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- References
Summary
Prison standards are an important element of transnational criminal justice. This chapter shows how legal standards governing prison conditions emerged at the international and regional levels and considers how, increasingly, they have gained legitimacy. It then describes how these standards are applied in a way that contributes to a recognizable transnational legal order in respect of prison conditions, which has real impact at the national level. The chapter pays close attention to the transfer of prisoners between states, as a mechanism that operates transnationally and, in the process, enhances the importance of international prison standards. It concludes that the benefits of common prison standards are mixed. On the positive side, they have the potential to give states that are asked to extradite suspects, or transfer sentenced prisoners, leverage to demand the improvement of prison conditions in the receiving states. There is, however, a risk that states will accept and implicitly endorse sub-standard prison conditions in order to rid themselves of troublesome offenders.
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- Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice , pp. 261 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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