This chapter aims at deepening the legal treatment of food in the prison context, by considering relevant international and national legislation and case-law that deal with the ambiguous and multifaceted nature of “prison food”. In fact, prison food may be viewed, from the perspective of State authorities, as both a service to be supplied by the prison administration and a component of the punishment (par. 2) and, on the side of prisoners, as both a fundamental right (par. 3), and an instrument of fighting (par. 4).
Food as punishment, food as dignity. The legal treatment of food in prison
Maria Chiara Locchi
2021
Abstract
This chapter aims at deepening the legal treatment of food in the prison context, by considering relevant international and national legislation and case-law that deal with the ambiguous and multifaceted nature of “prison food”. In fact, prison food may be viewed, from the perspective of State authorities, as both a service to be supplied by the prison administration and a component of the punishment (par. 2) and, on the side of prisoners, as both a fundamental right (par. 3), and an instrument of fighting (par. 4).File in questo prodotto:
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