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ID: UN2015-000 17 Dec 2015

The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

The practical application of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) enables countries to strengthen prison management with a view to ensure the secure, safe and humane custody of prisoners.

The following rules are not intended to describe in detail a model system of penal institutions. They seek only, on the basis of the general consensus of contemporary thought and the essential elements of the most adequate systems of today, to set out what is generally accepted as being good principles and practice in the treatment of prisoners and prison management.
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