The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)
- Vienna, Austria United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC 17 December, 2015
- 34p.: Color Illustration 22 cm
- v.16-00193 .
Preliminary observation 1 Preliminary observation 2 Preliminary observation 3 Preliminary observation 4 Rules of General application Basic principles Prisoner file management Separation of categories Accommodation Personal hygiene Clothing and bedding Food Exercise and sport Health-care services Restrictions, discipline and sanctions Instruments of restraint Searches of prisoners and cells Information to and complaints by prisoners Contact with the outside world Books Religion Retention of prisoners' property Notifications Investigations Removal of prisoners Institutional personnel Internal and external inspections Rules applicable to special categories A. Prisoners under sentence Guiding principles Treatment Classification and individualization Privileges Work Education and recreation Social relations and aftercare B. Prisoners with mental disabilities and/or health conditions C. Prisoners under arrest or awaiting trial D. Civil prisoners E. Persons arrested or detained without charge