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1|Acknowledgements|7
1|Contents|9
1|Notes on Contributors|11
1|List of Tables|14
1|1 Human Rights and Incarceration|15
2|Introduction|15
2|Human Rights Frameworks|16
2|Incarceration and the Erosion of Rights|19
3|Legitimacy|20
3|Criminalisation|21
3|Managerialism|22
3|Law|23
3|Human Rights and Social Justice|24
2|This Collection|28
2|References|33
1|2 Children Deprived of Their Liberty on ‘Welfare’ Grounds: A Critical Perspective|38
2|Introduction|38
2|Promoting and Protecting Children’s Rights|40
3|The UK Context|43
2|Listening to Children’s Voices|45
3|Secure Accommodation in Britain|45
3|The Experiences of Children in Northern Ireland|46
4|The Culture of Risk Management|47
4|Determining the ‘Best Interests’ of the Child|49
4|Limited ‘Participation’|51
4|Lack of Civil Rights and Freedoms|53
2|Reaffirming Commitment to Children’s Rights|54
3|Rights-Based Interventions: A Critique|55
3|Ways Forward|58
2|References|61
1|3 Rights of Persons with Disability Not to Be Criminalised|66
2|Introduction|66
2|Disregard for Aspects of Human Rights in the Neo-Liberal State|69
2|The Nature of Criminalisation in Relation to Disability|71
2|Incarceration and Further Criminalization and Punishment|75
2|Relevant Legal Rights|77
2|Towards a Disability Social Justice Rights Framework|80
2|Conclusion|82
2|References|84
1|4 Challenging Māori Imprisonment and Human Rights Ritualism|91
2|Introduction|91
2|Māori Imprisonment|93
2|Ritualism and Human Rights|95
2|The State-Managed Performance of UN Reporting|97
2|Māori Perspectives on Rights Ritualism|100
2|Political Representations of UN Interventions|102
2|The Benefits of UN Engagement|104
2|Conclusion: Beyond the Prison|108
2|References|110
1|5 Immigration Detention and the Limits of Human Rights|115
2|Introduction|115
2|Genealogies and Critiques of Human Rights|119
2|The 1951 Refugee Convention|121
2|The Convention on the Rights of the Child|125
2|The Limitations of Human Rights|127
2|The Normativity and Contradictions of Human Rights|128
2|Rights, Resistance and Free Movement|131
2|Conclusion|134
2|References|136
1|6 Haunted by the Presence of Death: Prisons, Abolitionism and the Right to Life|141
2|Introduction|141
2|Death and the Violation of Rights|142
3|Civil Death|143
3|Social Death|145
3|Corporeal Death|149
2|Contesting the Spirit of Death|150
3|Speaking and Naming|150
3|Making Something Happen|154
2|A Matter of Life and Death|156
2|References|160
1|7 Human Rights for ‘Hard Cases’: Alternatives to Imprisonment for Serious Offending by Children and Youth|164
2|Introduction|164
2|The ‘Hard Cases’|165
2|The Harmful Effects of Imprisonment|168
2|Hurdles to Abolition of the Use of Imprisonment|169
3|The Human Rights Framework for Serious Offending by Children and Young People|170
3|Punitive Responses to Top-End Violent Offending|172
3|Societal Expectations|174
2|Principled Alternatives to the Sentence of Imprisonment—A Case Study|175
3|A Single Jurisdiction for Youth|175
3|A Requirement that Young Offenders Serve Sentences of Imprisonment in Youth Justice Custody Rather Than an Adult Prison|177
3|Removal of Mandatory or Presumptive Sentencing Provisions for Youth|178
3|A Legislative Cap|180
3|A Reverse Onus for Risk|181
3|Principled and Appropriate Parole Process|181
3|An Entitlement to Automatic Name Suppression|183
2|Concluding Remarks|184
2|References|185
1|8 Entrenching Women’s Imprisonment: An Anti-carceral Critique of Rights Based Advocacy and Reform|191
2|Introduction|191
2|The Research Context|194
2|Histories of Liberal Reform Efforts in the Women’s Prison|197
2|The Double Negative Report|199
2|Beyond Double Negative: The Risks of Engaging and Advocating in Prison|202
2|Legacies and Opportunities|204
2|Conclusion|209
2|References|212
1|9 From Conflict to ‘Peace’: The Persistent Impact of Human Rights Violations in Northern Ireland’s Prisons|216
2|Introduction|216
2|From ‘Conflict’ to ‘Peace’|218
2|‘Normalising’ Prisons: Affirming Rights?|222
2|Political Devolution and Resistance to Change|225
2|The Limits of Penal Reformism and the Case for Abolition|230
2|References|237
1|10 Reconceptualising Custody: Rights, Responsibilities and ‘Imagined Communities’|241
2|Introduction|241
2|Penal Reforms for Women|243
2|The Scottish Context|244
2|Human Rights Discourse|247
2|Benevolent Spaces|249
2|Individual Rights Versus Community Entitlement|251
2|Under-Resourced Communities|252
2|Human Rights and Social Justice|254
2|Conclusion|256
2|References|259
1|11 ‘Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make’: Bare Life and the Carceral Archipelago in Colonial and Postcolonial Societies|264
2|Introduction|264
2|Bare Life and the Colonial Prison|267
2|Foucault and Biopower|269
2|The Camp|272
2|Zones of Exception for Indigenous Children: Bare Life in Youth Prisons|273
2|The Camp Outside Prison Walls in the Northern Territory|277
2|The Colonial Matrix of Power|280
2|Conclusion: Pain, Shame and Resistance|282
2|References|283
1|12 Indigenous Rights, Poetry and Decarceration|291
2|References|305
1|Index|308
1|Contents|9
1|Notes on Contributors|11
1|List of Tables|14
1|1 Human Rights and Incarceration|15
2|Introduction|15
2|Human Rights Frameworks|16
2|Incarceration and the Erosion of Rights|19
3|Legitimacy|20
3|Criminalisation|21
3|Managerialism|22
3|Law|23
3|Human Rights and Social Justice|24
2|This Collection|28
2|References|33
1|2 Children Deprived of Their Liberty on ‘Welfare’ Grounds: A Critical Perspective|38
2|Introduction|38
2|Promoting and Protecting Children’s Rights|40
3|The UK Context|43
2|Listening to Children’s Voices|45
3|Secure Accommodation in Britain|45
3|The Experiences of Children in Northern Ireland|46
4|The Culture of Risk Management|47
4|Determining the ‘Best Interests’ of the Child|49
4|Limited ‘Participation’|51
4|Lack of Civil Rights and Freedoms|53
2|Reaffirming Commitment to Children’s Rights|54
3|Rights-Based Interventions: A Critique|55
3|Ways Forward|58
2|References|61
1|3 Rights of Persons with Disability Not to Be Criminalised|66
2|Introduction|66
2|Disregard for Aspects of Human Rights in the Neo-Liberal State|69
2|The Nature of Criminalisation in Relation to Disability|71
2|Incarceration and Further Criminalization and Punishment|75
2|Relevant Legal Rights|77
2|Towards a Disability Social Justice Rights Framework|80
2|Conclusion|82
2|References|84
1|4 Challenging Māori Imprisonment and Human Rights Ritualism|91
2|Introduction|91
2|Māori Imprisonment|93
2|Ritualism and Human Rights|95
2|The State-Managed Performance of UN Reporting|97
2|Māori Perspectives on Rights Ritualism|100
2|Political Representations of UN Interventions|102
2|The Benefits of UN Engagement|104
2|Conclusion: Beyond the Prison|108
2|References|110
1|5 Immigration Detention and the Limits of Human Rights|115
2|Introduction|115
2|Genealogies and Critiques of Human Rights|119
2|The 1951 Refugee Convention|121
2|The Convention on the Rights of the Child|125
2|The Limitations of Human Rights|127
2|The Normativity and Contradictions of Human Rights|128
2|Rights, Resistance and Free Movement|131
2|Conclusion|134
2|References|136
1|6 Haunted by the Presence of Death: Prisons, Abolitionism and the Right to Life|141
2|Introduction|141
2|Death and the Violation of Rights|142
3|Civil Death|143
3|Social Death|145
3|Corporeal Death|149
2|Contesting the Spirit of Death|150
3|Speaking and Naming|150
3|Making Something Happen|154
2|A Matter of Life and Death|156
2|References|160
1|7 Human Rights for ‘Hard Cases’: Alternatives to Imprisonment for Serious Offending by Children and Youth|164
2|Introduction|164
2|The ‘Hard Cases’|165
2|The Harmful Effects of Imprisonment|168
2|Hurdles to Abolition of the Use of Imprisonment|169
3|The Human Rights Framework for Serious Offending by Children and Young People|170
3|Punitive Responses to Top-End Violent Offending|172
3|Societal Expectations|174
2|Principled Alternatives to the Sentence of Imprisonment—A Case Study|175
3|A Single Jurisdiction for Youth|175
3|A Requirement that Young Offenders Serve Sentences of Imprisonment in Youth Justice Custody Rather Than an Adult Prison|177
3|Removal of Mandatory or Presumptive Sentencing Provisions for Youth|178
3|A Legislative Cap|180
3|A Reverse Onus for Risk|181
3|Principled and Appropriate Parole Process|181
3|An Entitlement to Automatic Name Suppression|183
2|Concluding Remarks|184
2|References|185
1|8 Entrenching Women’s Imprisonment: An Anti-carceral Critique of Rights Based Advocacy and Reform|191
2|Introduction|191
2|The Research Context|194
2|Histories of Liberal Reform Efforts in the Women’s Prison|197
2|The Double Negative Report|199
2|Beyond Double Negative: The Risks of Engaging and Advocating in Prison|202
2|Legacies and Opportunities|204
2|Conclusion|209
2|References|212
1|9 From Conflict to ‘Peace’: The Persistent Impact of Human Rights Violations in Northern Ireland’s Prisons|216
2|Introduction|216
2|From ‘Conflict’ to ‘Peace’|218
2|‘Normalising’ Prisons: Affirming Rights?|222
2|Political Devolution and Resistance to Change|225
2|The Limits of Penal Reformism and the Case for Abolition|230
2|References|237
1|10 Reconceptualising Custody: Rights, Responsibilities and ‘Imagined Communities’|241
2|Introduction|241
2|Penal Reforms for Women|243
2|The Scottish Context|244
2|Human Rights Discourse|247
2|Benevolent Spaces|249
2|Individual Rights Versus Community Entitlement|251
2|Under-Resourced Communities|252
2|Human Rights and Social Justice|254
2|Conclusion|256
2|References|259
1|11 ‘Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make’: Bare Life and the Carceral Archipelago in Colonial and Postcolonial Societies|264
2|Introduction|264
2|Bare Life and the Colonial Prison|267
2|Foucault and Biopower|269
2|The Camp|272
2|Zones of Exception for Indigenous Children: Bare Life in Youth Prisons|273
2|The Camp Outside Prison Walls in the Northern Territory|277
2|The Colonial Matrix of Power|280
2|Conclusion: Pain, Shame and Resistance|282
2|References|283
1|12 Indigenous Rights, Poetry and Decarceration|291
2|References|305
1|Index|308