Balancing punishment and compassion for seriously ill prisoners

Compassionate release is a program that allows some eligible, seriously ill prisoners to die outside of prison before sentence completion. It became a matter of federal statute in 1984 and has been adopted by most U.S. prison jurisdictions. Incarceration is justified on 4 principles: retribution, re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of internal medicine 2011-07, Vol.155 (2), p.122-126
Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Brie A, Sudore, Rebecca L, Greifinger, Robert, Morrison, R Sean
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Empathy Guidelines as Topic - standards Health Care Costs Humans Palliative Care - organization & administration Prisoner treatment Prisoners Prisoners - legislation & jurisprudence Prisoners - psychology Prisons Prisons - economics Prisons - methods Prisons - organization & administration Prognosis Punishment Terminal illnesses Terminally Ill - psychology United States
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