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
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