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In a letter to the editor of The New York Times, Will A. Page, a staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Appeals Bureau, makes the case against continuing to incarcerate New Yorkers who have served their time but cannot find housing that meets the requirement for their release.

Page is the attorney for Angel Ortiz, who served an extra 25 months in prison because he was unable to find suitable housing. Mr. Ortiz wanted to rejoin his family in New York City, however, his designation as a sex offender prohibited him from living within 1000 feet of a school. Mr. Ortiz’s offender status stems from a robbery conviction during which he is alleged to have made a sexual threat, but becuase of that status finding housing was nearly impossible. Page appealed Ortiz’s case all the way to the Supreme Court.

“I, like many of my public defender colleagues, continue to challenge the imprisonment of people for years beyond their release dates simply because they are poor and trapped by residency restrictions that do not increase public safety,” he writes.

“Another troubling aspect of this problem is that in New York City, the state actively prevents these individuals from gaining access to shelter,” Page continued. “The city is required to provide compliant housing to anyone in need, but he or she must be released from prison to request it. Thus, hundreds remain incarcerated (at a yearly cost of $21 million) when they should be free.”

Although the high court declined to hear Mr. Ortiz’s case, Justice Sotomayor voiced her concern that “New York’s policy requires indefinite incarceration for some indigent people judged to be sex offenders.”

Read the full letter here.

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SymbolA/RES/43/173

TitleBody of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

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Summary

Approves the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, the text of which is annexed to the resolution; expresses its appreciation to the Working Group on the Draft Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment for its important contribution to the elaboration of the Body of Principles; requests the Secretary-General to inform the States Members of the UN or members of specialized agencies of the adoption of the Body of Principles; urges that every effort be made so that the Body of Principles becomes generally known and respected.

Action note1988-12-09

Contains

Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (1988)

Date[New York] : UN, 19 Mar. 1989.

Description

12 p.

Notes

Adopted at the 76th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 297-300. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).

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  • Both offences are

    [...] punishable by the maximumsentence, imprisonmentfor life on conviction [...]

    on indictment.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    这两 种罪行可判最刑期,一 经起诉而定罪后判终 监禁。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    Therefore, in the absence of a relevant statutory mechanism, Hong Kong people

    [...]

    serving sentence on the Mainland or

    [...] Mainlanders servingimprisonment sentencein Hong Kong cannot [...]

    return to their place of origin

    [...]

    to serve the sentence under any mechanism.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    所以,在沒有相關 法定機制的情況下,現時在內地被 判刑的 港人 或在香港 的內 人士,均未能憑藉任何機制返回原居地服刑。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    Juvenilessentencedtoimprisonmentor detention, serve theirsentencein detention centres for minors.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    在青少年被判处刑或拘留 的情 况下,青少年将在专门的未成年人拘留 中心 刑。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    For an imprisoned person who used his last dwelling-place in Hong Kong at which he resided or the address last recorded under the Registration of Persons Regulations (Cap 177A) as the address for registration as an elector, if the ERO is

    [...]

    satisfied on reasonable grounds that he

    [...] has served hissentenceofimprisonment and left the [...]

    prison without reporting his new residential

    [...]

    address to the ERO, the ERO must enter his name and address on the omissions list according to the procedures prescribed in the relevant legislation.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    如果某位選民 是在囚人士並以其在香港的最後居住地方或入境事務處根 據《人事登記規例》( 第 177A 章 ) 最後記錄他的居住地址作

    [...] 選民登記,而選舉登記主任有合理理由信納該屆滿及離開監獄,但沒有通知 選舉登記主任其新住址,則 [...]

    選舉登記主任須按照相關法例所訂的程序將該選民的姓名 及住址載入遭剔除者名單內。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    This is because allowing an incumbent

    [...] member servingasentenceofimprisonmentto retain his [...]

    seat pending the outcome of his appeal

    [...]

    would create considerable uncertainties which would be against the interests of both his constituency as well as the general public.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    這是因為如容許在服刑的在任議員 ,在等候㆖訴結 果期間保留其議席,將會產生頗大的不明確情況,有損其選區/選舉組別及市民的利 益。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    (b) he was an imprisoned person who used his last dwelling-place in Hong Kong at which he resided or the address last recorded under the Registration of Persons of Regulations as the address for

    [...]

    registration of an elector and who

    [...] had served hissentenceofimprisonmentand left the [...]

    prison without reporting his new residential address to ERO.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    (a) 如該人不再是通常在香港居住,或不再在現有的選民登

    [...]

    記冊內其姓名旁邊所示的住址居住,而選舉登記主任並 不知道該人在香港的新主要住址;或 (b) 如該人曾是在囚的選民,並且是以其在香港的最後居住

    [...] 地方或入境事務處根據《人事登記規例》最後記錄他的 居住地址作選民登記,而該人已刑期 滿及 離開監獄, 但沒有向選舉登記主任報告新住址。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    The Commission recommends that it means an offence

    [...] for which thesentencetoimprisonmentexceeds 12 months.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    法律改革委員會建議,可逮捕罪 行指判處超過 12 個的罪行。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    The Juvenile Court may deal with case in any of the following ways: (a) by dismissing the charge, (b) by committing the offender to the supervision of a probation officer, (c) by committing the offender to the care of a relative or other fit person, (d) by sending the offender to a reform

    [...]

    school, (e) by ordering to pay a fine, damages or costs to which he is liable and (f)

    [...] by reachingasentenceofimprisonment.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    少年法庭可通过 以下任意方式处理案件:(a) 对指控不予考虑;(b) 委托监护官对罪犯进行监 督;(c) 委托亲属或其他适合人选照顾罪犯;(d)

    [...] 将罪犯送至教养学校;(e) 命令 其支付罚金、对损害或费用承担赔偿责任; (f) 处监

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    The Administration therefore proposes to introduce a provision to require the courts to order that the

    [...]

    disqualification

    [...] period should commence at the conclusion of theimprisonment sentence,unless the court sees fit that both imprisonment [...]

    and disqualification

    [...]

    terms should be implemented concurrently, in the circumstance that the driver is convicted of a second or subsequent 10-point offence in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Driving-offence Points) Ordinance (Cap. 375) regardless of whether that conviction is for the same or for a different offence.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    因此,政府當局建議增訂條文,訂定涉案司 如第二次再次裁定 觸犯《道路交通(違例駕駛記分)條例 》(第 375 ) 的附表中分數為10分的罪行(不論該項定罪就相同還是不同罪行 而作出)時,法庭須命令停牌期在監禁期結束後才執行,除非法 [...]

    庭認為兩者適合同期執行。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    It is sufficient at this stage to say that we have concluded that the definition 29 should remain that contained in section 3 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1): “an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law or for

    [...]

    which a person may under or by

    [...] virtue of any law besentencedtoimprisonment for a term exceeding [...]

    12 months, and an attempt to commit any such offence.

    hkreform.gov.hk

    hkreform.gov.hk

    在 這 階 段 , 衹 須 說 的 是 : 我 們 已 作 出 結 論 , 認 為 該 定 義 應 與《 釋 義 與 通 則 條 例 》( 第 1 章 ) 第 3 節

    [...]

    內 的 一 樣 , 即 是 : ‚ 由 法 律 規 限 固 定 刑 罰 的 罪 行 ,

    [...] 或 根 據 、 憑 藉 法 例 對 犯 者 可 處 超 過 1 2 個 月行 , 亦 指 任 何 這 類 罪 [...]

    行 的 企 圖 ‛ 。

    hkreform.gov.hk

    hkreform.gov.hk

    arrestable offence” means an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law or for

    [...]

    which a person may under or by virtue

    [...] of any law besentencedtoimprisonmentfor a term exceeding [...]

    12 months, and an attempt to commit any such offence.

    hkreform.gov.hk

    hkreform.gov.hk

    可 逮 捕 罪 行 ’ 指 由 法 律 規 限 固 定 刑 罰 的 罪 行,或 根 據 、 憑 籍

    [...] 法 例 對 犯 者 可 超 過 1 2 個 月監 禁 的 行 , 亦 指 犯 任 何 這 類 罪 [...]

    行 的 企 圖 。

    hkreform.gov.hk

    hkreform.gov.hk

    If a driver is convicted of a second or subsequent ‘10-DOP offence’, regardless of whether that

    [...] [...] conviction is for the same or for a different offence, the court must order that the disqualification period should commence at the conclusion of theimprisonment sentence,unless the court sees fit that both imprisonment and disqualification terms should be implemented concurrently.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    涉案司機如再次被裁定干犯須記「違例駕駛記分」10 分的駕駛罪行(不 論該項定罪是否相同或不同的罪行而作出)時,法庭或 判官 須指示 停牌期在禁期結束 後才執行,除非法庭或裁判官認為兩者適合同期 執行。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    Mr LEUNG'ssentencetoimprisonmentfor two months raises an issue with Article 79(6) of the Basic Law which provided therein: if a Member of the Legislative Council is sentenced toimprisonmentfor one month [...]

    or more, he or she

    [...]

    may be relieved of his or her duties with consent from two-thirds of the Legislative Council Members present.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    梁議員被判禁兩,觸 及《基本法》第七十九(六 )條的規定, 即:如有立法會議員被處監禁1個 以上 ,其職務可在三分之二在 席議員贊成的情況下被解除。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS: Mr President,

    [...]

    allowing a Legislative Council

    [...] Member servingasentenceofimprisonmentto retain his [...]

    seat pending the outcome of his appeal

    [...]

    would create considerable uncertainties which would not be in the interest of his constituents and the public.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    憲制事務司答(譯文):主席先生,容許 名服 刑而 等候 ㆖訴 的立法局議員保留其議席, 會令情況極不明朗,對其選區或選舉組別及廣大市民,均無益處。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    I would also like to tell Mr HO that taxpayers of eight cases were

    [...] sentenced toimprisonmentor suspendedsentence,in addition [...]

    to being fined.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    此 外 , 我 想 告 訴 何議員,除 了 判 處 罰 款 外 ,法庭 亦在 8 宗 個案中, 判 處 納稅人 入

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    In actual fact, the existence of the death penalty prior to 1995 had no effect in

    [...]

    practice, because the one time such a sentence was handed down by a court it

    [...] was commuted toasentenceof lifeimprisonment.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    事实上,1995

    [...] 年以前存在的死刑在现实中并没有作用,因为司法机关唯 一一次决定判处死刑,最终被减刑为无 徒刑。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    On the same day, the Appeals Chamber also dismissed the appeals in the case of Gaspard Kanyarukiga, affirming in its judgement Kanyarukiga’s convictions for planning genocide and

    [...]

    extermination as a crime against humanity

    [...] as well as thesentenceof 30 years ofimprisonment imposed by the [...]

    Trial Chamber.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    同一天,上诉分庭还驳回了 Gaspard

    [...] Kanyarukiga 案的上诉,确认对 Kanyarukiga 计划灭绝种族罪和灭绝反人类罪的判决,以及审判分庭 处的 30 年监禁。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    Orsentencethem toimprisonmentcovering the period [...]

    of time already spent in detention

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    判处与实际已羁押时间相等禁。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    The Court further held that “where after three years from the date of sentence no decision has been made by the Executive to carry out the Court

    [...]

    Order for execution of the

    [...] convict, the deathsentenceshall be deemed commuted toimprisonmentfor life without [...]

    remission”.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    法院还认 为,“如果在判刑日期三年之后执法者未发出执行处决罪犯的法院命令 则死刑 应视为改判为身监禁,得赦 免”。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    China elaborated on the adoption of legislative decisions and the strengthening of anti-terrorism efforts, including through the establishment of legal definitions of terrorist activities, organizations and their members by reference to the international conventions to which China had acceded; the adoption of a multi-pronged approach to the prevention and punishment of economic fraud; the progress made in the field of prevention of crimes against children and the strengthening of the protection of their rights; the promotion of international cooperation to combat corruption; the strengthening of criminal justice assistance to combat transnational organized crime effectively; the improvement of online security to enhance capacity to prevent and combat cybercrime; and the amendment of legislation to extend the scope of legal

    [...]

    aid from trials only to pretrial proceedings and to cases where the

    [...] suspect might faceasentenceof lifeimprisonment.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    中国详细介绍 了通过立法决定和加强反恐工作的情况,包括为此参照中国已经加入的国际公约而 确定了有关恐怖主义活动、恐怖主义组织及其成员的法律定义;在预防和惩治经济 欺诈问题上采取多头出击的做法;在预防侵害儿童行为的犯罪和加强保护其权利方

    [...]

    面取得进展;推动开展打击腐败行为的国际合作;加强为有效打击跨国有组织犯罪 提供刑事司法援助;改进网上安全以加强预防和打击网络犯罪的能力;并修订相关

    [...] 法规,将法律援助的范围从仅仅涉及审判阶段扩大至也包括审判前阶段以及嫌犯 可能面无期徒的案件。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    Unless satisfied that the offence was committed wilfully, a

    [...] court shall notsentenceaperson toimprisonmentfor an offence [...]

    under section 3(6), 4(5), 7(2) or 15(2) or (3).

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    法院除非信納某人故意犯第 3(6)、4(5)、7(2)或 15(2)或(3)條所 訂罪行,否則不得因該罪行判處

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    (d) The United Nations' "Model Treaty on the Transfer of Supervision of Offenders Who Have Been Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released" only covers those persons who have been found guilty of an offence by the

    [...]

    court and

    [...] have been placed on probation, given a suspendedimprisonment sentence,a parole or animprisonment sentencewhich has been conditionally suspended in whole [...]

    or in part.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    (四 ) 聯合國《有

    [...] 條件判 刑 或有條件釋放罪 犯 轉移監 督示範 條 約 》只 涵 蓋那些被法 院判決有罪 但 准 予 接 受感化 、監禁 緩 刑 執 行、假釋 或 有 條件暫緩執 行 部 分或全部 禁刑的人,有別於我們現時與內 地有關 當 局 商 討 涉 及 那 些被法 院 定 罪 而 判 處 服監 禁的人

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    Capital punishment was replaced by thesentenceof lifeimprisonmentpursuant to Act No. 91 of 25 [...]

    June 2007, which introduced

    [...]

    amendments to the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Administrative Responsibility, the Criminal Enforcement Code, the Supreme Court and Local Courts Act, the Procurator’s Office Act, the Act on regulations and conditions for the detention of persons suspected and accused of the commission of crimes, the Act on the general principles of amnesty and pardon and the Act on the entry into force of the Criminal Code.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    根据 2007 年 6 月 25 日 91 号《关于对吉尔吉斯共和国刑法 典〉事诉 讼法〉、〈行政责任法〉、〈刑事程序法〉进行补充和修改的法律》,《最 高法院和地方法院法》、《检察院法》、《被怀疑和指控犯罪之人的监禁程序和 [...]

    条件法》、《大赦和赦免的普通原则法》、《刑法典的启动实施法》中的死刑由 终身监禁取代。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    Article 245, also concerning public danger, provides that whoever in any way deliberately endangers the safety of aviation or navigation, or the safety

    [...]

    of a vessel or aircraft or any means of public

    [...] transport, shall besentencedtoimprisonmentfor no more than [...]

    10 years.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    第 245 条也涉及公共危险,规定任何人以任何方式故意危害航空或航行安全, 或船只或飞机或公共交通工具安全的 判处 超过 10刑。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the Second Reading of: “A Bill to abolish the special jury, to establish the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, to provide for evidence of the speed of vessels, to abolish marine magistrates, to abolish assessors in proceedings before magistrates, to expand the right to obtain copies of court

    [...]

    proceedings, to permit

    [...] magistrates to impose partly consecutivesentencesofimprisonment,to remove the power to punish summarily [...]

    for wilful false

    [...]

    testimony, to give the High Court jurisdiction in connection with testamentary gifts for unspecified charitable purposes and to make a number of miscellaneous amendments to the criminal law.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    律政司動議㆓讀:「㆒項草案,旨在廢除特別陪審團,設立刑事訴訟程序規則委員會,

    [...]

    就船隻速度的舉證作出規定,廢除海事裁判官職位,廢除在裁判官審理的法律程序㆗有

    [...] 裁判委員參與的制度,擴大取得法院法律程序紀錄文本的權利,准許裁判官判處部分分 期執行的監禁刑,撤 除法院對故意作虛假證供行為循簡易 序判罰的 權力 ,就有關在 遺產㆗撥作未經指明慈善用途的遺囑遺贈,授予高等法院司法管轄權,以及對刑事法律 [...]

    作出若干雜項修訂。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    New clauses 7(5) and 9(6) seek to permit a Magistrate tosentencean offender toimprisonmentunder section 68 of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227) if the offender refuses to pay the amount of penalty after an order has been issued to him under corresponding [...] [...]

    provisions, that is, sections 7(1) and 9(1)(b).

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    新增的 7 (5)條和第 9(6)條,則確保違例者在收到相應條文,即第 7(1) 條和第 9(1)(b)條的命令而不繳付罰款的情況下,容許裁判官根據《裁判官 條例》(第 227 章)第 68 條將有關的違例者判處監禁。

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    The right to appeal against court sentences, rulings and decisions is established in article 115 of the Constitution and article 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; a convicted person has the right

    [...]

    under the law to petition the Head of State for clemency, including

    [...] commutation of a deathsentenceto life imprisonment.

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    宪法》第115 条和《刑事诉讼法》第17

    [...] 条规定了对法院的判决、裁决和 裁定提出上诉的权利;被告有权依法向国家元首请求赦免, 终身禁。

    daccess-ods.un.org

    daccess-ods.un.org

    Sections 22 and 23 mirror sections 122(3), 123(6), 124(3), 129F and 141D(4) of the CO in providing for a defence for certain charges under the Regulation and the

    [...]

    condition upon satisfaction of

    [...] which a court maysentenceaperson toimprisonmentfor certain offences [...]

    under the Regulation.

    legco.gov.hk

    legco.gov.hk

    第 22 及 23 條 以《公司條例》第 122(3)、 123(6)、 124(3)、 129F 及

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