Summary

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, provides an analysis of some of the most significant issues relating to prison management worldwide, including major emerging global trends, and identifies a number of good practices implemented at national level to help effectively address them. The report considers that, while internationally agreed standards for the protection of all persons deprived of liberty exist, key gaps in those standards as well as in their implementation remain. The report formulates a number of concrete recommendations to contribute to the development of just and humane prison practices and management.