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CONSOLIDATED REPORT
with the permission of the
administration of the PTDC.
Subscription can be made in
the name of the accused by
his relatives or other persons.
The number of publications
that can be subscribed shall
not be limited.
Library
International Standard
National Standard
Each institution must
have a library available to all
categories of prisoners with
the books of both entertaining
and educational content.
All prisoners should be
encouraged to use the library1.
The persons under
investigation, at a certain
time of a day, have the right
to use the library, the table
games, musical instruments,
periodicals and literature,
procured on the account of
the funds available at the
controlled temporary cash
accounts, as well as religious
literature if the positive
opinion of the religious expert
has been obtained.
Familiarization with the
library fund in all institutions
has shown the sufficient
availability of fiction books,
legal and religious literature.
In the institutions, there are
libraries with a number of
books accounting to at least
2,000 copies of books. City
newspapers are available
as periodicals. Books from
the library are given upon
the request and delivered
to the detention cells of the
institution, including the
local compounds. Religious
literature shall be permitted
only with the approval of
theologians. In the book
collections, in addition to the
fiction books and specialized
literature,
there
are
periodicals in form of national
1. The Nelson Mandela Rules, p.40
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