Legal Aid Clinic for Prisoners - Maastricht

Legal Aid Clinic for Prisoners - Maastricht Legal aid and awareness-raising of the rights of individuals in contact with the law.

Climate change and the rise of the temperature lead to an increase in heat-related illnesses. They significantly affect ...
28/07/2022

Climate change and the rise of the temperature lead to an increase in heat-related illnesses. They significantly affect a prison population as during the heat waves, temperatures often exceed 40C degrees in incarceration facilities. Therefore prisoners' health and well-being during the heat waves depend heavily on functioning air-conditioning systems.
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In the last 120 years, the average temperature on earth has risen more than 1C degree due to soaring greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity. As a result of global warming, heat waves have a significant influence on public health. Among the most affected are prisoners as they often cannot....

The current Penal Code amendment in Poland raised many concerns as it introduces the possibility for judges to order a b...
21/07/2022

The current Penal Code amendment in Poland raised many concerns as it introduces the possibility for judges to order a ban on conditional release when imposing a sentence of life imprisonment. The amendment shows the influence of penal populism on polish law and how following it affects prisoners' rights.
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On 7 July 2022, the Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish parliament) adopted the amendment to the penal code. The bill provides, among others, a significant increase in penalties for crimes against health and life. The tightening of penalties applies to financial crimes and corruption too. The amen...

Around 1,900 Dutch nationals are detained or incarcerated in foreign detention centres abroad every year. Also on a year...
04/07/2022

Around 1,900 Dutch nationals are detained or incarcerated in foreign detention centres abroad every year. Also on a yearly basis, approximately 800 Dutch nationals return to the Netherlands. Little is known about the reoffending behaviour of this group after returning to the Netherlands. Understanding and examining the reoffending rates provides valuable information and can lead to better policies and actions by the relevant organisations. Matthias van Hall and Laura Cleofa - Van der Zwet conducted research on this topic, so use the following link if you want to learn more about this!

Around 1,900 Dutch nationals are detained or incarcerated in foreign detention centres abroad every year. Also on a yearly basis, approximately 800 Dutch nationals return to the Netherlands. Little is known about the reoffending behaviour of this group after returning to the Netherlands. Understandi...

Many countries have laws related to the treatment of offenders with (severe) mental disorders or impairments. However, t...
21/06/2022

Many countries have laws related to the treatment of offenders with (severe) mental disorders or impairments. However, the system created in the Netherlands stands out due to its unique approach of combining imprisonment with clinical treatment based on the culpability of the perpetrator.

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Many countries have laws related to the treatment of offenders with (severe) mental disorders or impairments. However, the system created in the Netherlands stands out due to its unique approach of combining imprisonment with clinical treatment based on the culpability of the perpetrator. In the Net...

The fact that pre-trial detention (PTD) is overused in Europe is not news. According to statistics, 22% of prisoners in ...
16/06/2022

The fact that pre-trial detention (PTD) is overused in Europe is not news. According to statistics, 22% of prisoners in Europe are in PTD. However, less well-known is the extent to which individuals’ rights are affected by PTD, and how the negative effects can be reduced through alternative measures.

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The fact that pre-trial detention (PTD) is overused in Europe is not news. According to statistics, 22% of prisoners in Europe are in PTD. However, less well-known is the extent to which individuals’ rights are affected by PTD, and how the negative effects can be reduced through alternative measur...

The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic has been a global phenomenon and vividly visible in prisons in the United States. Di...
09/06/2022

The impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic has been a global phenomenon and vividly visible in prisons in the United States. Did Covid-19 alter conditions or set new standards to analyze circumstances for compassionate release from prisons in the United States? In order to read more on this topic please follow the link below.

After receiving a sentence, it is the norm to complete the time of sentencing in prison and be released when your time is served. Within the several criminal justice systems there are possibilities to be released earlier from prison. In the United States, several options are presented such as good t...

Currently, many applications of Artificial Intelligence to the judicial system have been developed. One of the most popu...
01/06/2022

Currently, many applications of Artificial Intelligence to the judicial system have been developed. One of the most popular in the US is the AI system computing recidivism score- a probability of committing a violent crime in future by a defendant. However, can we fully trust AI when it impacts a person's life significantly? This seems even more unsettling in the light of discriminatory outcomes produced by the AI system predicting recidivism scores.
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With the rapid growth of technologies based on Artificial Intelligence, the AI algorithms made their way into the judicial system of the United States. The most popular uses of AI in the criminal law context include systems computing the recidivism score. It aims at predicting whether the defendant....

Stateless children are particularly vulnerable to the multiple deprivations of rights caused by a lack of nationality. D...
25/05/2022

Stateless children are particularly vulnerable to the multiple deprivations of rights caused by a lack of nationality. Despite the duty to register births, parental imprisonment can present a barrier to accessing birth registration where specific provision is not made to facilitate it.

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All children have a right to acquire nationality (Art. 24(2) ICCPR; Art. 7(1) CRC) and this must be implemented without discrimination, including discrimination based on their parent’s status or activities (Art. 2(2) CRC). It follows that international law prohibits limitation of the right to nati...

Miscarriages of justice happen in criminal justice systems around the world. These cases represent failures of criminal ...
18/05/2022

Miscarriages of justice happen in criminal justice systems around the world. These cases represent failures of criminal justice systems, as innocent persons are convicted for crimes they did not commit. One of the most well-documented of such instances is the case regarding the death of Meredith Kercher.

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Unfortunately, miscarriages of justice happen in criminal justice systems around the world. These cases represent failures of criminal justice systems, as innocent persons are convicted for crimes they did not commit. In recent years, one of the most well-documented of such instances is the case reg...

On the 2nd of May 2022, we held a webinar on Incarcerated Women: Welcoming Motherhood in Prisons. Please click on the li...
13/05/2022

On the 2nd of May 2022, we held a webinar on Incarcerated Women: Welcoming Motherhood in Prisons. Please click on the link below to check out the highlights on this topic uncovered during the webinar:

On the 2nd of May 2022, the Legal Aid Clinic for Prisoners hosted a webinar on Incarcerated Women: Welcoming Motherhood in Prisons. The importance of this topic is highlighted to raise attention and spread knowledge about vulnerable groups such as women and children in the prison system. We invited....

A new blog post has been published on our website! The right to health is an absolute and fundamental right and as such,...
05/05/2022

A new blog post has been published on our website!
The right to health is an absolute and fundamental right and as such, it is also applicable to prisoners. Within the relevant right, mental health care has an important role, especially in the context of the penitentiary. Indeed, statistics show that mental health might be highly impaired because of detention. States have the responsibility to guarantee adequate safeguards in order to protect prisoners' mental health. If you wanna know more about prisoners' right to mental health care and the standards that the World Health Organization proposed as guidelines for states acting in this context then click the link below.

The Right to Health is guaranteed under multiple international legal instruments, such as article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. As entailed in...

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