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From the beginning of the 1970s to the end of the next decade, a large number of prisoners’ unions have emerged in both France and the United States. From Attica prison riot to the continuous unrest in Fleury-Merogis, union-based strategies highlight ...
Joël Charbit
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From the history of the struggle of political prisoners for their rights: The riot in Tsaritsyn prison [PDF]
In the article, when researching the events related to the riot of prisoners in Tsaritsyn prison in June 1904, various aspects of the stay of political prisoners in prisons of the Russian Empire are comprehensively considered, with an emphasis on the ...
Varfolomeev, Yuriy Vladimirovich
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Rewriting the World: Gendered Violence, the Political Imagination and Memoirs from the “Years of Lead” in Morocco [PDF]
Prison literature (littérature carcérale or adab al-sujun) has shed light on censured dimensions of Moroccan postcolonial history. By sharing their personal memories, former political prisoners have triggered a debate on state violence under Hassan II ...
Laura Menin
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L’univers des anciens prisonniers politiques en Syrie
There were many political prisoners in Syria from the 1970s up to the early 1990s. In 1991 the state began a gradual release program which lasted until 2005.
Yassin al-Haj Saleh
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Rehabilitation doxa and practitioner judgment. An analysis of symbolic violence on health care provision in the Scottish prison system [PDF]
This paper presents an analysis of the symbolic conditions which govern health care provision in the Scottish prison system. The paper considers the wider context of Scottish prisons, where health care provision follows a similar structure both in ...
Fernandes, Fernando L. +6 more
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Captive or Criminal?: Reappraising the Legal Status of IRA Prisoners at the Height of the Troubles under International Law [PDF]
For the citizens of Ireland and Great Britain, the second half of the twentieth century represents a period of great political struggle. The historical debate concerns the constitutional status of Northern Ireland; that is, whether the six northeastern ...
Caesar, Samantha Anne
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Haftarbeit in der DDR. Eine Zwischenbilanz
In modern societies, penal labour is a defining feature of imprisonment in various political systems. The debate amongst scholars and in the public about its role in the GDR and whether the term ›forced labour‹ is appropriate has been particularly acute ...
Jan Philipp Wölbern
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The article is devoted to the study of various aspects of military captivity, which became a mass phenomenon (“mass experience”) in the years of the First World War and the revolutionary events in Russia and which influenced both the individual fate of ...
Elena G. Timofeeva +2 more
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The prisoner's right to vote and civic responsibility: Reaffirming the social contract? [PDF]
Copyright © 2009 NAPOThis article considers the issue of the prisoner’s right to vote in the light of recent developments in law and policy. It critically reviews the purported justifications for disenfranchisement and argues that re-enfranchisement ...
Aristotle +14 more
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Pas de mouvement abolitionniste sans nous !
This article focuses on abolitionist movements and relatives of prisoners, in particular in France. It draws upon the political experience of the author and abolitionist and feminist analysis. It examines the role of relatives of prisoners (in particular
Gwenola Ricordeau
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