Punitive classification of inmates in penitentiary institutions between the goals of punishment and human rights.

Abstract

          Many international conventions and treaties related to human rights have affirmed the need to classify inmates of penitentiary institutions in line with contemporary penal policy in order to achieve the main objective of the punishment of depriving freedom, which is reforming the prisoner, refining his behavior, and reintegrating him socially. This calls for classifying groups of prisoners according to scientific standards and principles that preserve the rights of each group according to its peculiarities and characteristics, in line with contemporary principles and methods assigned by international standards for the treatment of prisoners.

Algeria, through its punitive policy, is considered one of the first legislations in the introduction of the punitive classification system; with the agencies and bodies devoted to this purpose of protecting the rights of the prisoner, and working to reform and reintegrate him socially according to Law No. 05/04 that includes the law on organizing prisons and the social reintegration of inmates.