ICPA2023-PID207 - Terry Hackett

Humanity in Detention: What About the Voice of People Deprived of Freedom?

When we are seeking to make prisons more humane, we must begin first by understanding the problems and not just the needs. How can the voice of Persons Deprived of Liberty and those who have lived experience in places of detention be incorporated into the understanding of the systemic causes that undermine our collective approach to Humane Corrections? Building off the ICRC’s approach of ensuring the voice of detainees is at the center of our work in places of detention globally, this session will explore how the voice of Persons Deprived of Liberty can be at the center of discussions on various topics related to prison management including:

Prison Planning design and maintenance
Health care
Nutrition and food chain management
Policy and Rules Development and application

Author

Terry Hackett

Head of Unit, Persons Deprived of Liberty, International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland

Terry Hackett assumed the post of Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Unit for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in February 2022. Terry joined the ICRC in 2018 as a Prison System Adviser following a 22-year career with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) where he began his career as a Correctional Officer and retired as the as the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Correctional Operations (Pacific).

During his tenure with CSC, Terry held various positions including Director of Operations (Pacific) and Director of several federal institutions. Terry has been called on to present on penitentiary issues in seminars and conferences around the world. He has worked with various detaining authorities in East Africa, Afghanistan and throughout South East Asia to support efforts to ensure the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention are improved in line with international standards.

Terry holds a Master of Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University (RRU) with a focus on rule of law and post-conflict correctional reform, Master of Advanced Studies in International Law in Armed Conflict from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trinity Western University. Terry has published work in both the South African Journal of Criminology (2015) and the ICPA Journal Advancing Corrections (2017). Prior to joining the ICRC he was the lead consultant for the development of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Nelson Mandala Rules eLearning course.

ICPA2023-PID207 - Terry Hackett

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