problematization of prisoners' right to physical health? critical discourse analysis of criminal justice system' authorities of Iran.

Depriving people of their freedom according to the law motivates the obligation for governments to guarantee their physical health by providing facilities and medical care at par with the accepted standards of treatment for other members of the society. This right of prisoners has been confirmed in many international documents and today it has been accepted in all domestic systems at least at the legislative level. The article tries to compare the laws and regulations of Iranian criminal justice system with international documents regarding the right to the physical health of prisoners, as well as the discourse of Iranian criminal justice authorities regarding 8 cases that according to official comments, Illness has caused the death of people in prison. This article attempts to critically analyze and answer the question that to what extent the phenomenon of death in prison as a result of prisoners' illness is a "problem" for Iran criminal justice authorities? Despite the recognition of the right to health and medical care of prisoners in Iranian criminal justice system, the review of documents and official reports of the cases related to this right of prisoners shows that the access of detained or imprisoned people to health care in practice is less than the amount accepted in related regulations and laws. In addition, the analysis of the discourse of the officials indicates that in their view, jeopardizing the right to the physical health of the prisoners does not entail any responsibility for the managers and staff of the prison.