A/C.3/65/L.5 They shall receive education on women’s health care and have regular access to gynaecologists, similar to adult female prisoners. Rule 39 Pregnant juvenile female prisoners shall receive support and medical care equivalent to that provided for adult female prisoners. Their health shall be monitored by a medical specialist, taking account of the fact that they may be at greater risk of health complications during pregnancy due to their age. II. Rules applicable to special categories A. Prisoners under sentence 1. Classification and individualization [Supplements rules 67-69 of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners] Rule 40 Prison administrators shall develop and implement classification methods addressing the gender-specific needs and circumstances of women prisoners to ensure appropriate and individualized planning and implementation towards those prisoners’ early rehabilitation, treatment and reintegration into society. Rule 41 The gender-sensitive risk assessment and classification of prisoners shall: (a) Take into account the generally lower risk posed by women prisoners to others, as well as the particularly harmful effects that highsecurity measures and increased levels of isolation can have on women prisoners; (b) Enable essential information about women’s backgrounds, such as violence they may have experienced, history of mental disability and substance abuse, as well as parental and other caretaking responsibilities, to be taken into account in the allocation and sentence planning process; (c) Ensure that women’s sentence plans include rehabilitative programmes and services that match their gender-specific needs; (d) Ensure that those with mental health care needs are housed in accommodation which is not restrictive, and at the lowest possible security level, and receive appropriate treatment, rather than being placed in higher security level facilities solely due to their mental health problems. 10-56194 17

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