Technology Behind Bars Fundamental Right Aspects of Prison Systems

Absztrakt

The article analyses how digitalisation permeates the Hungarian prison system in accordance with the regulation of the Act on the Execution of Punishments, assessing the areas with the focus on incarceration, which can impact the prisoners’ fundamental rights. Once these dimensions are identified, the article examines the conformity of the regulation with the national and international fundamental right provisions and respective case-law. The article also aims to reveal major digital insufficiencies in the regulation, and to give legislative suggestion on them.