试论服刑人员法律援助制度构建

Research on Institutionalization Construction of Legal Aid for Prisoners

构建服刑人员法律援助制度是国家司法制度更趋健全的重要体现,对完善司法人权保障制度具有重要意义,能够克服法律援助范围覆盖面不足、服刑人员在获取司法资源上存在特殊劣势、服刑人员专业化法律支持缺失等弊端。构建服刑人员法律援助制度具有法理依据、外部条件和实践经验。为此,应当顺应法律援助发展的总体趋势,从加强专项立法,确立服刑人员法律援助应有的法律地位;优化法律援助组织机构,建立服刑人员法律援助三级工作机制;完善经费保障制度,确保服刑人员法律援助制度的良性运行;建立科学的质量管控机制,确保服刑人员法律援助的工作质量等四个方面构建服刑人员法律援助制度,为实现司法人权保障提供更为可靠的制度保证。

Institutionalization of legal aid for prisoners is the important embodiment of health- iness of our country＇ s judicial system and remarkable significant to protecting human rights by judiciary. It can overcome the lack of coverage of legal aid, the disadvantage of access to judicial resources of prisoners and the defect of professional legal support of prisoners. Institutionalization of legal aid for prisoners has legal basis, favorable conditions and practical experience. In order to provide more reliable guarantee to protecting human rights by judiciary, we should conform the overall trend of legal aid and construct the system of legal aid for prisoners by strengthening the special legislation to establish the position of legal aid for prisoners, optimizing the operation mechanism to establish three level work mechanism of legal aid for prisoners, improving the funding security system to guarantee the benign operation of Legal Aid for Prisoners and building scientific quality management system to guarantee the work quality of legal aid for prisoners.