MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR NGOS
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❹ The responsibility of prisons for the custody of prisoners and for the protection of society against crime
shall be discharged in keeping with a State's other
social objectives and its fundamental responsibilities
for promoting the wellbeing and development of all
members of society.
❺ Except for those limitations that are demonstrably
necessitated by the fact of incarceration, all prisoners
shall retain the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, and, where the State concerned is a party, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol
thereto, as well as such other rights as are set out in
other United Nations covenants.
❻ All prisoners shall have the right to take part in cultural activities and education aimed at the full development of the human personality.
❼ Efforts addressed to the abolition of solitary confinement as a punishment, or to the restriction of its use,
should be undertaken and encouraged.
❽ Conditions shall be created enabling prisoners to
undertake meaningful remunerated employment
which will facilitate their reintegration into the
country's labour market and permit them to contribute to their own financial support and to that of
their families.
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