Changes of the Prisoners’ Legal Status in the New Hungarian Prisoner’s Rights Law with Special Regards to Health Conditions

Abstract

My study investigates whether the limitation of human rights during imprisonment necessarily leads to the limitation of other fundamental rights. I present the right to health care in the context of the changes in the new law related to prisons. I overview the list of problems: especially the lack of access to mental health treatment, prison overcrowding, etc. Finally I present the findings of an empirical study of mine describing the problems of resocialization.