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Algerian Prison System

Algerian Prison System. Michael Shum. Prison System. The prison system is operated as a separate function of the Ministry of Justice Lesser crimes are sent to provincial civil prisons

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Algerian Prison System

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  1. Algerian Prison System Michael Shum

  2. Prison System • The prison system is operated as a separate function of the Ministry of Justice • Lesser crimes are sent to provincial civil prisons • More serious crimes (murder, kidnapping, rape) carry a potential death sentence or serve time in the 3 penitentiaries • Treason, terrorism, and other crimes against the state are also sent to the penitentiaries.

  3. Prison System • Prisoners are segregated according: • seriousness of their crimes • length of their sentences • Inmates of civil prisons can receive visits from their families once a week.  • More difficult to visit prisoners held in penitentiaries • Conjugal visits are allowed most of the time

  4. Conditions • Both types of institutions range from primitive to modern • Penitentiaries worse than numerous civil prisons • Prisoners are often crowded together, and sanitary facilities are poor. • Inmates at other prisons are thought to live under better conditions.

  5. Conditions • Medical care is rudimentary in most cases • Local doctors visits each prison regularly to treat sick prisoners • Seriously ill prisoners are sent to local hospitals • The prison diet is described as bland and starchy • Visiting families usually bring food

  6. The Stranger~ • Mersault was thrown in a room filled with Arabs, got harsh treatment • Poor living conditions • Mersault’s cell was cramped with small window • Slept on a wooden plank • All but one visit from Marie was blocked • After the visit, Mersault got a letter from Marie • Cannot visit anymore, because she wasn’t his wife • Realized his cell was his "last home," and, as he puts it, "a dead end.“ • Changed mindset from “free” to “prisoner”

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