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UNITED NATIONS STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
Rule 92
1. To these ends, all appropriate means shall be used, including religious
care in the countries where this is possible, education, vocational guidance
and training, social casework, employment counselling, physical develop
ment and strengthening of moral character, in accordance with the individual
needs of each prisoner, taking account of his or her social and criminal
history, physical and mental capacities and aptitudes, personal temperament,
the length of his or her sentence and prospects after release.
2. For every prisoner with a sentence of suitable length, the prison director
shall receive, as soon as possible after his or her admission, full reports on
all the matters referred to in paragraph 1 of this rule. Such reports shall
always include a report by the physician or other qualified health-care
professionals on the physical and mental condition of the prisoner.
3. The reports and other relevant documents shall be placed in an individual
file. This file shall be kept up to date and classified in such a way that it can
be consulted by the responsible personnel whenever the need arises.
Classification and individualization
Rule 93
1.
The purposes of classification shall be:
(a)
To separate from others those prisoners who, by reason of their
criminal records or characters, are likely to exercise a bad influence;
(b)
To divide the prisoners into classes in order to facilitate their treat
ment with a view to their social rehabilitation.
2. So far as possible, separate prisons or separate sections of a prison
shall be used for the treatment of different classes of prisoners.
Rule 94
As soon as possible after admission and after a study of the personality of
each prisoner with a sentence of suitable length, a programme of treatment
shall be prepared for him or her in the light of the knowledge obtained about
his or her individual needs, capacities and dispositions.
Privileges
Rule 95
Systems of privileges appropriate for the different classes of prisoners and
the different methods of treatment shall be established at every prison, in