ENDNOTES
84 For more information, see ‘Helping Bolivian
women build their economic freedom’,
United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime, 9 October 2018, www.unodc.org/
dohadeclaration/en/news/2018/10/helpingbolivian-women-build-their-economicfreedom.html.
85 For example, British research from 2002
provides evidence to show that being in
employment reduces the risk of reoffending
by between a third and a half. Social
Exclusion Unit, Reducing re-offending
by ex-prisoners, 2002.
86 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson
Mandela Rules), Rules 97–98.
87 The United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime’s Roadmap for the Development of
Prison-based Rehabilitation Programmes
provides more guidance on how prison
authorities can assess the current
situation and plan improvements in
relation to rehabilitation and reintegration.
United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime, Roadmap for the Development of
Prison-based Rehabilitation Programmes,
2017, Chapter 5.
88 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson
Mandela Rules), Rule 30 (e).
89 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson
Mandela Rules), Rule 99.
90 See International Labour Organization,
Checkpoints: Eliminating and Preventing
Forced Labour, 2016.
91 For more information, see ‘Q&As on
Business and Forced Labour: When is it OK
to use prison labour?’, International Labour
Organization, www.ilo.org/empent/areas/
business-helpdesk/faqs/WCMS_DOC_ENT_
HLP_FL_FAQ_EN/lang--en/index.htm#Q3.
92 ‘Female Inmates In Indiana Pitch
Plan To Rehab Empty Houses — And
Their Lives’, NPR, 2 November 2017,
www.npr.org/2017/11/01/559901323/
female-inmates-in-indiana-pitch-plan-torehab-empty-houses-and-their-lives.
93 ‘Penitentiary reform: education and
training to promote social reintegration and
prevent recidivism’, Algeria Press Service,
17 March 2019 (in French), www.aps.dz/
algerie/63699-reforme-penitentiaire-lenseignement-et-la-formation-pourfavoriser-la-reinsertion-sociale-et-prevenirla-recidive.
94 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson
Mandela Rules), Rules 87 and 90.
95 United Nations Rules for the Treatment
of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial
Measures for Women Offenders (the
Bangkok Rules), Rule 47.
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96 For more information, see
www.yellowribbon.org.sg.
97 CHREAA is a not-for-profit
non-governmental organisation dedicated
to the promotion and protection of
human rights by assisting vulnerable
and marginalised people in Malawi.
CHREAA works within the criminal justice
system providing legal aid services to
people in conflict with the law through
its paralegals service.
98 For more information, see ccphe.ubc.ca/
projects/unlocking-the-gates-utg-peerhealth-mentoring-program.
99 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the
right to education, The right to education
of persons in detention, 2009, A/HRC/11/8,
para. 41.
100 For example, a 2001 report by the Coalition
for Juvenile Justice found that between 70
and 87 per cent of incarcerated juveniles in
the US suffered from emotional disabilities
that interfered with their education. Coalition
for Juvenile Justice, CJJ 2001 Annual
Report: An Overview, 2001.
101 SIPAR is a French organisation that has
supported the building of libraries and
the provision of books in all Cambodian
prisons and is now working on developing
prison libraries to become multi-functional
education centres. SIPAR also provides
formal qualifications for prison staff who
train as librarians. SIPAR has a new prison
project focused on prisoner literacy,
vocational training and reintegration.
102 For more information, see
www.fundaciondiagrama.es.
103 For more information, see
yogabehindbars.org.
104 For more information, see
birthbeyondbars.com/about-us.
105 For more information, see
yogabehindbars.org/prenatal-yoga-prison.
106 This guide does not cover issues relating
to the detention of asylum seekers or
those detained in immigration detention
facilities. This term would however include
immigrants detained in countries where
illegal immigration is a criminal offence
and illegal immigrants are convicted
and held with prisoners convicted of
criminal offences.
107 For more information, see
www.meganexus.com/foriner.
108 United Nations Rules for the Treatment
of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial
Measures for Women Offenders (the
Bangkok Rules), Rules 54–55.
109 Human Rights Law Centre and the Change
the Record Coalition, Over-represented
and overlooked: the crisis of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander women’s growing
over-imprisonment, 2017.
110 For more information on mental health
in prisons, see World Health Organization,
Mental health in prisons, 2014; Penal
Reform International, Mental health in
prisons: A short guide for prison staff, 2018.
111 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson
Mandela Rules), Rule 5.
112 Human Rights Watch, Submission to
the UN Working Group on Discrimination
Against Women in Law and Practice,
September 2018.
113 ‘At Risk: Sexual Abuse and Vulnerable
Groups Behind Bars: Hearing Before
the National Prison Rape Elimination
Commission’, testimony of Kendall Spruce,
19 August 2005.
114 For more information, see Association
for the Prevention of Torture, Towards
the Effective Protection of LGBTI Persons
Deprived of Liberty: A Monitoring
Guide, 2018.
115 One estimate states that the number
of transgender prisoners in Thai prisons
increased from 1,600 to 4,110 between
2006 to 2016. Chitsawang N, ‘Transgender
Prisoners in Thailand Keep Growing’,
Thailand Criminology and Corrections,
2016, thaicriminology.com/transgenderprisoners-in-thailand-keep-growing.html.
116 Sleap B, ‘Old age behind bars: how can
prisons adapt to the needs of increasingly
elderly populations?’, PRI blog, 25
September 2014, www.penalreform.org/
blog/age-bars-prisons-adapt-increasinglyelderly-populations.
117 Kerbs J and Jolley J, ‘A Commentary
on Age Segregation for Older Prisoners:
Philosophical and Pragmatic Considerations
for Correctional Systems’, Criminal Justice
Review, Vol 34, No 1, 2009, pp119–139.
118 These recommendations can be read
in conjunction with the master checklist
for initiating/enhancing prison-based
rehabilitation programmes, which can be
found in United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime, Roadmap for the Development of
Prison-based Rehabilitation Programmes,
2017, pp61–66.
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