Just posted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime:
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has issued another publication for its Criminal Justice Handbook series. The Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs (full-text, pdf) covers the special needs of prisoners in eight groups, namely:
- Prisoners with mental health care needs;
- Prisoners with disabilities;
- Ethnic and racial minorities and indigenous peoples;
- Foreign national prisoners;
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prisoners;
- Older prisoners;
- Prisoners with terminal illness;
- Prisoners under sentence of death.
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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has issued another publication for its Criminal Justice Handbook series. The Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs (full-text, pdf) covers the special needs of prisoners in eight groups, namely:
Prisoners with mental health care needs;
Prisoners with disabilities;
Ethnic and racial minorities and indigenous peoples;
Foreign national prisoners;
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prisoners;
Older prisoners;
Prisoners with terminal illness;
Prisoners under sentence of death.