교도소 내 인권문제의 미시적 접근- 인권시비와 관련된 수용자의 개인적․심리적 특성을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The word, 'rights' is much valued in the modern Korean society. Thee is no exception in the field of corrections. Any violation of inmates' rights should not be judtified in any circumstances. Although inmates should not be discriminated against their rights because they deserve to br treated as any other human beings, we should be able to find out some ways to reduce the violations of valuable rights granted to inmates due to unnecessary or unjustifiable petitions by inmates. In this sense, unlike other precedent studies with macro-level approaches focused on the natures of human rights violations raised by inmates, this study employes the micro-level approach which focuses upon the characteristics of those inmates who have petitioned that their human rights have been violated. This study has confirmed that those inmates who has petitioned the violations of their rights was found to have distinctive psychological and individual characteristics different from other inmates who do not petition. Based upon these results, various strategies to cope with these issues could be strongly suggested. These policy implication strategies should include the reform of human rights research methods in prison, the axcelleration of openning the prison, the establishment of mechanisms to mediate human rights conflicts in prison, the establishment of clear limits on guaranteed inmates rights, the strengthening od human rights education in prison, the introduction of special treatment programs for female inmates, and the development of correctional psychology programs.