   Has the prison duly considered the formulation of foreign national support groups in prison to enable peer support? What steps has the prison taken to assess and evaluate the outcomes of strategies adopted? Does the data collection and assessment form an integral part of the foreign national prisoner management policies so as to allow for their improvement? 4. Staff Training  What measures are taken to integrate the needs of foreign national prisoners into the strategies and practices relating to the selection and training of prison staff? Have the staff received initial and on-going training on issues relating to the management of foreign national prisoners? Does the staff training include immigration issues so as to ensure staff have a basic understanding of the applicable rules and procedures?   5. Admission and Allocation  Upon admission to the prison, are foreign national prisoners given a copy of prison rules and regulations? Are the prison rules and regulations available in written form in a number of languages corresponding to the nationalities most commonly present in prison? Are copies of prison rules and regulations freely available from the prison library? What effort is made to explain the prison rules and regulations (in addition to being handed out) to each foreign national prisoner in a language s/he understands upon admission and thereafter, as may be required? Are foreign national prisoners classified and allocated to an appropriate security level solely on the basis of individual risk assessment? What measures are taken to ensure that the special needs of foreign national prisoners are duly considered during the allocation process? What consideration is given to accommodating foreign national prisoners speaking the same language close to each other if they so wish? Are foreign national prisoners speaking the same language allowed to work and spend leisure time together if they so wish? What consideration is given to allocating foreign national prisoners close to capital cities to facilitate contact with the consular representatives? What measures are taken to ensure that foreign national prisoners who do not speak the language of the country of their imprisonment are able          16

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