prison system .pptx of bangladesh an overview

an overview of the prison population of bangladesh

1. Th e prison system of Bangladesh. P repared by- Showkat Hossain This lecture shall include Overcrowding prison system, Alternative to jail, Prison life, Critical evaluation of the impact and successes of the various treatment practices in our correctional system. inmate’s right, Probation and restorative justice

2. A ssignment Set 1 ( For the and police members) What is cop culture? W hat are the main aspects of “service culture” in Bangladesh police? How does cop culture influence police practice? Explain with examples in Bangladesh Context. Selected reading – https://www.ukessays.com/essays/cultural-studies/culture-as-the-way-of-life-cultural-studies-essay.php https://studycorgi.com/how-does-police-culture-influence-police-practice/ https://biancasucilea.medium.com/how-useful-is-the-idea-of-police-sub-culture-in-explaining-the-behaviour-of-the-police-and-of-d5fb240cb244 https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/38432_4.pdf

3. Assignment set 1 continued https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BIOETHICS/article/view/49192 Case study – Mustakim arrest and torture case- what happened to the torture allegation? https://www.shomoyeralo.com/details.php?id=211619 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcmQsxpgbh0

4. Assignment, Set 2, for the others. W atch the following video carefully and attentively and write a summary of it. S pecifically mention on what point you agree and/or disagree with the speaker W hat are the strength and weakness ( if there is any) of the paper that the speaker has presented https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy7vnp6FvyQ

5. Assignment set 3 for lawyers What reformation would you bring to the judiciary of Bangladesh if you were the Minister in charge for the Law , Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh.

6. Prison Population (O vercrowding) There are 83,107 inmates against a maximum holding capacity of 42,459 in the 68 jails in Bangladesh, according to the Department of Prisons’ statistics for the month of March. Who are they ? BDR mutiny, narcotics, mobile courts, NI Act, death row inmates. Eight out of every 10 prisoners in Bangladesh are in jail either as pre-trial detainees or on remand, jail statistics show. This makes Bangladesh one of the top three countries of the world with the highest proportion of detainees followed by Libya (90%) and San Marino (83%). The prison population is overflowing as the country’s 68 jails are housing inmates twice their capacity.

7. there are over 71,000 people in pre-trial/remand imprisonment in Bangladesh, constituting 81.3% of total prisoners. Two decades ago, the number of pre-trial and remand imprisoned people was 44,368, amounting to 74.6% of the total jail population. In neighbouring India, pre-trial detainees account for 69% of the country’s total number of imprisoned people. The rate is 62% in Pakistan and 55% in Nepal.

8. In the overflowing jails of Bangladesh, where every two people have to share facilities meant for one, inmates seldom receive adequate medical attention. As many as 29 out of 141 posts of jail physicians are lying vacant while half the posts of nurses and pharmacists remain unoccupied as well. They hardly have any gym, proper nutrition, sanitation, entertainment, rehab program, skill development, counselling, therapy , reintegration project How is the life in prison ? What are the rights of the prisoners ? Conjugal right?

9. Manpower and logistics W e have 68 prisons, of which 13 are central. High security, medium security, sub jails. T otal prison guards are 9174 of which males 8565 and female guards are 617 A mbulances and doctors are disproportionately low A mong the prison inmates female prison inmates are 3300 the rest are male . W hy so? T he testistorone effect?

10. L aw and reformation The prison Act of 1894 ( The mother Act) and its accompanying jail code of 1920 ( 1388 articles) Prisoners act 1900 ( established sub jails The identification of prisoners act 1920 The ICCPR Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners ( Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663 C (XXIV) of 31 July 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of 13 May 1977) Guidelines for the jail administration are also to be found in the Penal Code, 1880, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Lunacy Act, 1912, Police Act, 1861, Special Powers’ Act, 1974 and the Children’s Act, 2013.

11. J ail reforms C ommission 1957 M unim commission 1978 M inisterial commit t ee 2002 and 2006 P roposed “ কারাবন্দী সংশোধনমুলক পরিষেবা ও পূনর্বাসন আইন ২০১৮” Virtual court

12. T he deteriorating scenarion কারাধক্ষ্য সোহেল রানা ৪৪ লাখ টাকা, দেড় কোটি টাকার চেক ও ফেনসিডিল সহ গ্রেফতার সাক্ষাত বানিজ্য, সিট বানিজ্য, খাবার, ক্যান্টিন, বন্দী কেনাবেচা, চিকিতসা , পদায়ন, জামিন মিনু, বাবুল মিয়া, জাহালম , আবুল কাশেম হাতকড়া, ডান্ডাবেড়ী সাবেক শিক্ষামন্ত্রী মিলন

13. Death Row Convicts / Condemned cell A t present ( untill november 2022- bangladesh have a total of 2162 death row inmates of which 2099 are males ad 63 are females. I n india, the number is only 539. I n 2015 this number was 918 A ccording to law a death referrence to the High Court Division is a must, no matter the convicts prefer an appeal or not. T he death referrence bench of the HCD is hearing referrences of 2016 now. P eople convicted this year will be heard at the end of 2032 A rule is pending as to the legality of keeping death row inmates in condemned cell untill their death referrence is allowed.

14. D eath row inmates and execution statistics worldwide In 2022, four countries including Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic abolished the death penalty for all crimes, bringing the total number of abolitionist countries up to 112. In practice, the total number of countries that don’t executes is 148 In 2021 total number of executions are 579 of which around 90% consisted of by Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria. [ China, North korea , Myanmar excluded from the stat] China is believed to execute more than 1000 every year. Number of death sentence in 2022- china 1000+, Egypt 538, Bangladesh 169, Afganistan , Iran ?

15. P rison worldwide Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100000 people- El Salvador 605, Rwanda 580, Turkmenistan 576, Samoa 538, USA 505, Russia 304, China 119, India 40, Bangladesh 46. According to the latest available data at the World Prison Brief on May 7, 2023, the United States has the sixth highest incarceration rate in the world, at 531 people per 100,000. Between 2019 and 2020, the United States saw a significant drop in the total number of incarcerations. T he nederland case P rivatization of prisons C onjugal visits

16. A lternatives to jail C ommunity sentencing F ine P robation Periodic detention - Periodic detention is a type of custodial sentence under which the offender is held in prison periodically, for example between Friday and Sunday evenings each week, but is at liberty at other times. Promoted by prison reformers as an alternative to imprisonment, periodic detention drew praise for allowing offenders to continue working, maintain family relationships, and avoid associating with more dangerous criminals in traditional prisons. It was also considerably less expensive to administer. Juvenile detention Alternatives for minors restorative justice  in the forms boot camps  and military programs adopted into public education options is starting to be considered. A variety of programs for anger management, self esteem boosting etc. have been developed Sex offending , a public health issue? Family group conference have been used in New Zealand since 1989 as part of both the youth justice and the care and protection process for children to address offending by children and young people as well as child abuse.

17. M andatory rehab center stay for the narc offender H ome confinement, electronic home monitoring

18. P robation T he probation of offenders Act 1960 The following courts shall be the courts empowered to exercise powers under this Ordinance, namely:-   the High Court Division, A Court of Sessions; a District Magistrate;  a Magistrate of the 1st Class; and any other magistrate especially empowered in this behalf.    A Court may exercise powers under this Ordinance, whether the case comes before it for original hearing or on appeal or in revision.

19. P robation continued Where a Court by which a person, not proved to have been previously convicted, is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment for not more than two years is of opinion, having regard to:-the age, character, antecedents or physical or mental condition of the offender, and the nature of the offence or any extenuating circumstances attending the commission of the offence, that it is inexpedient to inflict punishment and that a probation order is not appropriate, the court may, after recording its reasons in writing, make an order discharging him after its admonition, or, if the court thinks fit, it may likewise make an order discharging him subject to the condition that he enters into a bond, with or without sureties, for committing no offence and being of good behaviour during such period not exceeding one year from the date of the order as may be specified therein. If the accused fails to follow the condition , he will be tried for the original charge.

20. P robation continued. Where a Court by which- any male person is convicted of an offence not being an offence under Chapter VI or Chapter VII of the  Penal Code, or under sections 216A, 328, 382, 386, 387, 388, 389, 392, 393, 397, 398, 399, 401, 402, 455, or 458 of that Code, or an offence punishable with death or  [imprisonment for life] or  any female person is convicted of any offence other than an offence punishable with death

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