Lov for Færøerne om fuldbyrdelse af straf m.v. | A20230071930 — Denmark law | Esheria

Lov for Færøerne om fuldbyrdelse af straf m.v.

The provision sets out how criminal sentences are administered in the Faroe Islands and gives the Justice Ministry, the Directorate for Criminal Justice, and the Justice Minister powers over organisation, rules, advice, and postponement of sentence execution.

Jurisdiction
Denmark
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
A20230071930
Status
In force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
da
Updated
Official source
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administration appeals case handling community service compliance custody execution custody transfer detention operations detention placement fængselsstraf inmate compensation inmate payments inmate rights inmate welfare judicial review leave from custody medical treatment parole prison administration security controls sentencing straffuldbyrdelse supervision

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The provision sets out how criminal sentences are administered in the Faroe Islands and gives the Justice Ministry, the Directorate for Criminal Justice, and the Justice Minister powers over organisation, rules, advice, and postponement of sentence execution. This section lets sentence execution be postponed in certain cases and requires the prison service to calculate sentence time and recalculate it if circumstances change. The Minister of Justice may set rules on how sentence time is calculated. Regler om, hvornår indsatte kan eller skal overføres mellem Færøerne og Danmark, og hvilke regler justitsministeren skal fastsætte om denne behandling. Reglerne siger, at indsatte i en dansk afsoningsinstitution har pligter, rettigheder og begrænsninger om bl.a. vejledning, fællesskab, gudstjenester, egne genstande, arbejde og fritid, og at kriminalforsorgen og justitsministeren har flere styrings- og regelkompetencer.

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