World Prisons

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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 2013

Handbook on Strategies to Reduce Overcrowding in Prisons

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Still the most-cited UN technical guide on cutting prison populations. Covers pre-trial detention alternatives, diversion programmes, sentencing reform, and early release — with case studies from Brazil, Kenya, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

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overcrowdingpre trial detentionalternativesstandards

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