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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.
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