RT Article
T1 Women in prison in Spain:: the implementation of Bangkok rules to the Spanish prison legislation
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 23
IS 2
SP 133
OP 151
A1 Cerezo Domínguez, Ana Isabel
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/156602319X
AB This paper aims to take a close look at the reality of female crime in Spain. On the one hand, we will focus on describing the current situation of women incarcerated in Spanish prisons, an especially vulnerable group given their peculiarities and needs. Through secondary sources, we describe the situation of discrimination against women in these prisons. On the other hand, the paper establishes whether the current Spanish prison legislation echoes all or some of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures of Freedom for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules, 2010). To this end, a detailed analysis of both standards, national and international, is essential. As a general conclusion, although Spain has high standard prison regulations and modern facilities, female prisoners in Spanish prison are subject to discrimination. It is from such a perspective that this article proposes that the necessary changes and appropriate penitentiary policies to meet the specific needs of female prisoners are established.
K1 Women in prison
K1 Crime
K1 Prison
K1 Bangkok rules
K1 Discrimination
K1 Female inmates
K1 Women prisoners
K1 Weibliche Strafgefangene
K1 Bangkok Regeln
DO 10.1007/s10610-016-9323-0