Violations of basic rights of prisoners in conventional and Islamic law: theory and practice

• Main Authors: Ali, Mohammed Farid, U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah, Kuttiyani Muhammad, Muneer
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019
• Subjects: KBP Islamic Law; KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh; KBP10 Societies.Associations; KBP41 Legal research
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/74264/1/74264_Violations%20of%20Basic%20Rights.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74264/2/74264_Violations%20of%20Basic%20Rights_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74264/3/74264_Violations%20of%20Basic%20Rights_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74264/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1429/867

In prisons, the convicted are most often unattended by the authority and therefore they become victim to abuses and maltreatment. Their basic rights as humans are being violated in most of the prisons. Although there have been a lot of laws and regulations upholding the rights of prisoners prevalent...