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Is there life after imprisonment? [PDF]

Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2006
Based on findings from a two-year study in four UK prisons, this article discusses the prison experiences and release expectations of male prisoners aged 65 and above. In terms of the prison experience, we argue that elderly men in prison often have enormous difficulties simply coping with the prison regime.
Elaine Crawley, Richard Sparks
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On Recent Changes to Life Imprisonment in the Context of the Gradual Reduction in the Use of the Death Penalty in China

University of Bologna Law Review, 2018
China is improving its criminal law to gradually reduce the use of the death penalty, particularly in the Eighth and Ninth Amendments, and the law relating to the use of life imprisonment has also been changed in these two amendments, including upgrading
Huang Gui
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Release and adjustment after long-term imprisonment: Perspectives from studies of wrongly convicted and politically motivated prisoners [PDF]

Temida, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to provide some reflections on time in relation to imprisonment. These arise from three interview based studies we have been carrying out involving distinctly different groups of ex-prisoners.
Jamieson Ruth, Grounds Adrian
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KEBIJAKAN PIDANA PENJARA SEUMUR HIDUP: ANALISIS YURIDIS SOSIOLOGIS DALAM KERANGKA TUJUAN PEMIDANAAN DI INDONESIA

Unnes Law Journal, 2014
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memahami kebijakan pidana penjara seumur hidup dalam KUHP dan RUU KUHP 2012, memahami Kebijakan Pidana Penjara Seumur Hidup bagi terpidana dan keluarganya dilihat dari aspek kesejahteraan masyarakatdan perlindungan ...
Desran Joko Wagularsih Saragih
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Remission of sentences and the constitutionality of life imprisonment in Seychelles

Jurnal HAM
Section 30 of the Seychelles Prisons Act provides that the sentences of all prisoners, except those sentenced to life imprisonment or convicted of drug-related offenses of an aggravated nature, can be remitted.
Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
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CONDITIONS OF PAROLE FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2011
Parole in Romania has experienced great changes in the new Criminal Code, so it is necessary to study them for use by law enforcement system works in the execution of punishments and those who are direct beneficiaries of the new provisions.
IOAN CHIS, BOGDAN ALEXANDRU CHIS
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The Natural Product Corramycin Acts as a DNA Gyrase Poison and Overcomes Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Corramycin, a myxobacterial natural product antibiotic, exhibits potent bactericidal activity against multidrug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The compound hijacks bacterial transporters such as BacA and OppABCD to enter the cell and inhibits DNA synthesis through a previously unrecognized mode of DNA gyrase poisoning, locking the enzyme in an ...
Franziska Fries, Jennifer Herrmann, Michael Dal Molin, Yaëlle Wormser, Timo Risch, Yunsheng Gao, Gareth Prosser, Francesca Gubellini, Ariel Mechaly, Joshua B. Wallach, Anthony Castro, Arka Banerjee, Sari Rasheed, Alexander Horn, Mathias Müsken, Michael Kurz, Lindsay Sonnenkalb, Viola Dreyer, Stefan Niemann, Sönke Andres, Dirk Schnappinger, Uli Kazmaier, Norbert Reiling, Rolf Müller, Jan Rybniker, Stéphanie Petrella   +25 more
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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The Gendered Pains of Life Imprisonment [PDF]

British Journal of Criminology, 2017
As many scholars have noted, women remain peripheral in most analyses of the practices and effects of imprisonment. This article aims to redress this pattern by comparing the problems of long-term confinement as experienced by male and female prisoners, and then detailing the most significant and distinctive problems reported by the latter.
Crewe, B, Hulley, S, Wright, S
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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