Title: 
Headings:  Improving Conditions in Overcrowded Prisons
Improving
 
Conditions
 
in
 
Overcrowded
 
Prisons

About
 
the
 
10
 
Keys

CENTRE
 
FOR
 
JUSTICE
 
AND
 
RECONCILIATION
 

10
 
KEYS
 
TO
 
IMPROVING
 
CONDITIONS
 
IN
 
OVERCROWDED
 
PRISONS

10
 
Keys
 
to
 
Improving
 
Conditions
 
in
 
Overcrowded
 
Prisons

SECURITY

HEALTH

3.
  
Improve
 
Sanitation

4.
  
Grow
 
Food

CONDITIONS

5.
  
Use
 
Volunteers

6.
  
Train
 
Staff

NON-SENTENCED
       
SENTENCED
 
PRISONERS
PRISONERS

9.
   
Increase
 
Alternatives

7.
  
Review
 
Cases

8.
Speed
 
Release

LONG-TERM
 
SOLUTIONS


Content: Reduce
 
Idleness
Reduce
 
inmate
 
idleness
 
by
 
increasing
 
opportunities
 
for
 
exercise,
 
sports,
 
cultural
 
and
 
religious
 
activities. Active
 
inmates
 
are
 
less
 
likely
 
to
 
feel
 
stressed
 
and
 
hostile. Classify
 
Prisoners

Classify
 
and
 
house
 
prisoners
 
according
 
to
 
their
 
level
 
of
 
risk. Lower
 
risk
 
groups
 
require
 
less
 
security
 
and
 
can
 
be
 
managed
 
on
 
a
 
lower
 
security
 
basis. HEALTH
As
 
toilet,
 
sanitation,
 
and
 
cooking
 
facilities
 
become
 
inadequate
 
to
 
serve
 
a
 
growing
 
prison
 
population,
 
the
 
health
 
of
 
staff
 
and
 
inmates
 
is
 
at
 
risk,
 
making
 
it
 
more
 
dicult
 
to
 
control
 
contagious
 
diseases. 3. Improve
 
Sanitation
Organize
 
and
 
train
 
inmates
 
in
 
preventative
 
health
 
care
 
including
 
basic
 
sanitation,
 
food
 
preparation
 
and
 
personal
 
hygiene. 4. Grow
 
Food
Involve
 
low
 
risk
 
inmate
 
labour
 
to
 
cultivate
 
vegetable
 
gardens,
 
raise
 
livestock
 
(e.g.,
 
cattle,
 
sheep,
 
pigs,
 
perhaps
 
poultry)
 
to
 
provide
 
additional
 
and
 
more
 
varied
 
food
 
for
 
the
 
prison. This
 
will
 
improve
 
nutrition
 
and
 
also
 
provide
 
inmates
 
with
 
meaningful
 
activity.