[GA - PASSED] Fair Treatment Of Prisoners

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Fair Treatment of Prisoners
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Proposed by: Greater Cesnica | Onsite Topic


The General Assembly,

Believing that the abuse of the imprisoned is an intolerable state of affairs,

Aiming to reform the criminal justice system to prevent these abuses from occurring,

Hereby,

1. Defines protective confinement as the imprisonment of a person with severe or total isolation from other inmates,

2. Prohibits:
  1. Subjecting a prisoner to treatment inferior to that legally permissible for prisoners of war,
  2. Compelling a prisoner via force, threats of force, or other forms of coercion to perform labor or a service as a punitive measure, or as a means to generate profit for a prison facility and/or associated third parties,
  3. The sale or leasing of any prisoner by the government or any private prison to any private corporation or institution,
  4. Placing a prisoner in protective confinement, unless:
    1. The informed consent of the prisoner is present, or
    2. Doing so is the only means available to mitigate risks posed by the prisoner to the general prison population, or
    3. The prisoner is medically incapacitated, and
  5. Barring prisoners from the opportunity to voluntarily carry out a service or activity as a form of paid labor,
3. Requires that:
  1. Those who have had protective confinement imposed on them have regular access to the services of psychiatric staff; and that they have access to visitations from guests in accordance with standard prison policy,
  2. All available measures are taken to reinstate a prisoner into the general prison population, as soon as it is safe to do so,
  3. Member states ensure that prisoners have access to investigative resources and legal recourse in the event that they lodge a complaint about abuses inflicted upon them, and that no reprisals are carried out against those who lodge these complaints,
  4. Prisoners who voluntarily carry out a service or activity as a form of labor during the period of their incarceration receive a wage commensurate to the extent of their work, which shall be equivalent to the wage a free worker employed in the same trade would receive for doing the same quantity and quality of work, and that
  5. All workplace health and safety regulations, past and future, on the national and international level, apply to prisoners working voluntarily during the period of their incarceration.
Co-authored by Barfleur.
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Overview
The at-vote proposal, "Fair Treatment Of Prisoners", introduces a number of regulations meant to ensure the protection of prisoners. It requires that prisoners be treated at least as well as POWs, that they not be subjected to forced labour, and that they be paid a comparable wage to free workers.

Recommendation
Given that the GA has repealed GAR 500, "International Criminal Protocol", it needs a new resolution to protect prisoners against abuse. This proposal serves this goal well. In particular, it provides necessary regulation of prison labour; prison labour can be a useful tool for rehabilitation and re-integration only if prisoners voluntarily choose to participate in it and are properly compensated.

For these reasons, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends voting For the at-vote General Assembly proposal, "Fair Treatment Of Prisoners".
 
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Hi, I'm the author of this proposal. If you have any questions, please feel free to reply here or reach out to me via the forums, telegram, or via Discord!
 
For (non-WA). I'm not opposed to this proposal, but it could have addressed the rights and protections of prisoners during hunger strikes.
 
Against. (3)(a) is impractical for most developing countries, (3)(d) will make prison labour too expensive given lower levels of productivity
 
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