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Portrait of Liv Gaborit. Photo: Marie Bouly.

Liv Gaborit

Postdoctoral fellow

Portrait of Liv Gaborit. Photo: Marie Bouly.

Human Rights in Prisons : Comparing Institutional Encounters in Kosovo, Sierra Leone and the Philippines

Author

  • Andrew Jefferson
  • Liv Gaborit

Summary, in English

Drawing on participatory action research conducted in Sierra Leone, Kosovo and the Philippines, Human Rights in Prisons analyses encounters between rights-based non-governmental organisations and prisons. It explores the previously under-researched perspectives of prison staff and prisoners on their lives and relationships.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Document type

Book

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Social Anthropology

Keywords

  • Human Rights
  • Sierra Leone
  • Kosovo
  • Philippines
  • Ethnography
  • Prison
  • Prison reform

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-137-43376-3