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- First Page
- Preliminary Pages
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- Part 1: Legal, Statistical and Sociological Context for the Operation of Prisons in Australia
- 1. The Australian Prison Population and Daily Life in Australian Prisons
- 2. Australia’s International Human Rights Law Obligations
- 3. The OPCAT and the Changes It Will Impose to Prison Monitoring
- Part 2: Macro-level Prerequisites
- 4. The First Prerequisite: Reduce Reliance on Imprisonment
- 5. The Second Prerequisite: Align Domestic Legislation with Australia’s International Human Rights Law Obligations
- 6. The Third Prerequisite: Shift the Focus of Imprisonment to the Goal of Rehabilitation and Restoration
- Part 3: Micro-level Prerequisites
- 7. The Fourth Prerequisite: Support Prison Staff to Treat Imprisoned People in a Human Rights–Consistent Manner
- 8. The Fifth Prerequisite: Ensure Decent Physical Conditions in All Prisons
- Conclusions
- Select Bibliography
