A multi-period stochastic model and an algorithmic approach to location of prison facilities under uncertainty are presented and applied to the Chilean prison system. The problem consists of finding locations and sizes of a preset number of new jails and determining where and when to increase the capacity of both new and existing facilities over a time horizon, while minimizing the expected cos...

Methods Law regulations defining organizational structure of the system originate from Polish Penal Code, Penal Executive Code, Prison Services Act, Mental Healthcare Act (MHA) and relevant Ordinances. Epidemiological data have been extracted from statistical records of the Healthcare Bureau of the Central Executive of the Prison Services and sparse epidemiologic studies conducted recently in s...

Tony Parker. the distinguished author and broadcaster on penal reform, discusses a book on the death penalty, published shortly before the vote in favour of abolition, and finds a strange psychiatric opinion. by an unfortunate coincidence (from the pub-lishers' and editor's point of view, that is) this collection of nineteen contributions* appeared in print only a few weeks before the parliamen...

Revisiting Penal Substitution Kevin D. Kennedy Assistant Professor of Theology Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 2001 W. Seminary Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76115 Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Evangelicals, in their preaching as well as their worship, have recognized that the cross of Christ is central to the life of the beli...

an intelligible torm," with the essentials of Indian Medical Jurisprudence. Such being the case, we think this work more than fulfils the modest intention of the authors. The chapters are broken up into numbered paragraphs, so that they have a familiar aspect to the legal mind, like the sections of the Penal Code. We think the value of the work would be increased, and its usefulness to medical ...