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<p>This book describes the purposes & other aspects of imprisonment in various societies, addressing broad questions of penal policy. Twenty-three national overviews generally discuss quantitative developments, types of prisons, organisational structures, the legal framework & specific problems such as complaints procedures, judicial control of prison administration, medical treatment of prisoners, prison labour, visits & outside contacts, security measures, control of the early release of sentenced prisoners, etc. The country reports included are: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England & Wales, Federal Republic of Germany, France, German Democratic Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, The People's Republic of China, Poland, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States & the United Nations.</p>