Differences Between "Detention" and "Corrections"
Submitted by Visitor on 8 March, 2010 - 17:38.
Excerpt for lists:
INPROL developed this Consolidated Response after receiving a query from the US military in Afghanistan. This Consolidated Response addresses the meaning of the terms "detention," "correction," "prison," "imprisonment," and "detainee/prisoner/inmate." This terminology reflects an important distinction between pre-trial and post-trial deprivation of liberty.
Abstract:
Part I of this Consolidated Response provides international and regional definitions given to individuals and the facilities that house them prior to and after conviction of a crime. Part II provides the definitions of the relevant Afghan law translated into English.
The responses and our research confirm that the terms "detention," "corrections," "imprisonment," and "detainee/prisoner/inmate" are used differently in different jurisdictions. While patterns of usage are apparent e.g. common law countries generally define the term prisoner as a convicted person, there remains variation. The information below should not be taken as most used terminology but rather examples of the different uses of these terms. Practitioners will want to understand the different uses, especially the use by national counterparts.
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Year:
2010