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United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners Nelson Mandela Rules 2015 Quiz Test

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UN Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners 2015 Test

Nelson Mandela Rules 2015 Act for Treatment of Prisoners

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Total Marks:	140
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1. Which of the following best describes the guiding principle of Rule 1?

Strict punishment for all prisoners

Respect for the dignity and value of prisoners as human beings

Equality with prison staff

Priority of national security over prisoner rights

2. Which of the following is a prohibited ground for discrimination under Rule 2?

Political opinion

Academic qualification

Marital status

Professional background

3. According to Rule 3, imprisonment should not:

Provide access to rehabilitation

Aggravate suffering beyond deprivation of liberty

Include vocational training

Restrict self-determination

4. What is the primary aim of imprisonment according to Rule 4?

To punish offenders harshly

To protect society and reduce recidivism through reintegration

To isolate criminals permanently

To minimize costs of imprisonment

5. Which activities are suggested in Rule 4 to aid reintegration?

Education, vocational training, work, health, moral and social support

Only hard labor

Only religious education

Surveillance training

6. Rule 5 requires prison regimes to:

Minimize differences between prison life and life at liberty

Enforce strict isolation from society

Focus only on punishment

Eliminate all recreational activities

7. Under Rule 5(2), what must prison administrations ensure for prisoners with disabilities?

Separate facilities without integration

Full and effective access to prison life on an equitable basis

No participation in prison programs

Additional punishment if rules are broken

8. What does Rule 6 require every prison to maintain?

Daily attendance lists

A standardized prisoner file management system

Only medical records

Separate files for staff

9. According to Rule 7, which of the following information must be recorded upon admission?

Only name and sentence length

Identity, reason for commitment, admission details, visible injuries, property, family details, emergency contact

Only fingerprints and photograph

Name of arresting officer

10. Which requirement is stated in Rule 7 regarding gender identity?

Only biological sex is recorded

Gender must be recorded according to self-perception

Gender is not recorded

Authorities decide the gender classification

11. Under Rule 8, which of the following is NOT typically recorded during imprisonment?

Court hearings

Behaviour and discipline

Vacation requests

Allegations of ill-treatment

12. Rule 9 grants prisoners the right to:

Destroy their files before release

Access records pertaining to them, subject to lawful redactions

Deny authorities access to their files

Only verbal summaries of their files

13. Which of the following is a purpose of prisoner file management under Rule 10?

Track food supply

Generate reliable data for evidence-based decisions

Monitor staff attendance

Support media coverage

14. According to Preliminary Observation 1, what is the main purpose of the Mandela Rules?

To create a detailed model penal system

To set out generally accepted good principles and practices

To enforce uniformity across prisons worldwide

To replace national laws

15. Preliminary Observation 2 states the rules:

Are binding in all circumstances

Cannot be adapted

Represent minimum accepted conditions but allow flexibility and development

Apply only in developed nations

16. Which part of the rules applies to all categories of prisoners?

Part II

Part I

Section B only

Only Rule 1

17. According to Preliminary Observation 4, young persons:

Should usually not be sentenced to imprisonment

Must be treated the same as adults

Should always be imprisoned with adults

Are not included in the Mandela Rules

18. What does Rule 2(2) require for vulnerable prisoners?

No special treatment

Special measures to protect and promote their rights

Isolation from others

Shorter sentences automatically

19. According to Rule 4, what reduces recidivism?

Longer imprisonment

Harsh punishment

Reintegration programs like education and work

Isolation from family

20. Which principle underlies Rule 3 regarding imprisonment?

Liberty deprivation is already a punishment, so suffering must not be worsened

Imprisonment should maximize suffering

Authorities may add suffering to enforce discipline

Suffering is irrelevant to justice

21. What must be recorded about property upon admission (Rule 7)?

Only money and jewelry

An inventory of all personal property

Only government-issued items

Nothing

22. What does Rule 7 require regarding family details?

Only spouse name

Names of family, children, their ages, and custody/guardianship status

Only next of kin

No family details are needed

23. Under Rule 8, which information must be recorded about disciplinary actions?

The prisoner’s feelings

The imposition of disciplinary sanctions

Officer’s lunch schedule

Prisoner’s hobbies

24. What does Rule 9 say about confidentiality of records?

They are open to the public

They must be kept confidential and only available to authorized persons

They can be shared freely with media

They can be accessed by any prisoner

25. What kind of audit system must be in place under Rule 6?

One that allows easy deletion of data

A secure audit trail preventing unauthorized access or modification

No audit system is needed

A system run only by prisoners

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26. What is stated in Rule 8 about requests and complaints?

They should never be recorded

They should be recorded, including allegations of ill-treatment

They are optional

They can be ignored if verbal

27. According to Rule 10, prisoner file data should help in:

Political campaigns

Evidence-based decision making in prison management

Media reporting

Advertising prison services

28. What does Rule 4 say about support services?

Only available to wealthy prisoners

Should include moral, spiritual, social, health, and sports activities

Should be limited to food and shelter

Are not necessary

29. According to Rule 11, men and women prisoners should:

Be housed together whenever possible

Always be detained in entirely separate institutions or parts of institutions

Share dormitories if supervised

Have no distinction in accommodation

30. What does Rule 11(b) require for untried prisoners?

They must be mixed with convicted prisoners

They must be separated from convicted prisoners

They must be housed in solitary confinement

They must share accommodation with juveniles

31. According to Rule 12(1), individual cells or rooms should:

Be shared by multiple prisoners for efficiency

House one prisoner each, except in special circumstances

Always accommodate at least three prisoners

Be allocated only to untried prisoners

32. Rule 13 states that prison accommodation must meet requirements of:

Security and punishment

Health, including air, floor space, light, heating, and ventilation

Privacy and entertainment

Efficiency and reduced costs

33. According to Rule 14, prison windows must:

Remain sealed at all times

Be large enough for reading or working with natural light and allow fresh air

Be covered with bars and blocked from light

Be optional depending on design

34. What does Rule 15 require regarding sanitation?

Minimal toilets are sufficient

Adequate installations must allow prisoners to meet needs in a clean, decent manner

Toilets should be locked at night

Sanitary needs are left to prisoner initiative

35. How often must prisoners be allowed to bathe or shower in temperate climates (Rule 16)?

Daily

At least once a week

Once a month

Only when ill

36. What does Rule 17 require of all parts of a prison?

Regular repainting every year

Scrupulous cleanliness and proper maintenance

Use of disinfectants only during outbreaks

Outsourcing of cleaning to prisoners’ families

37. According to Rule 18, prisoners must be provided with:

Soap, water, and toilet articles necessary for hygiene

Luxury grooming items

Only water, no toilet articles

No hygiene support, as they must provide their own

38. Rule 19 requires prison clothing to be:

Degrading to discourage reoffending

Suitable for the climate, hygienic, and not humiliating

Uniform worldwide regardless of climate

Supplied only on request

39. What does Rule 21 require regarding bedding?

Shared beds are acceptable during overcrowding

Each prisoner must be provided with a separate bed and sufficient clean bedding

Bedding should be changed only once a year

Prisoners may sleep on the floor if necessary

40. According to Rule 22, food for prisoners must:

Be minimal and plain, regardless of nutrition

Be adequate in nutrition, wholesome, well prepared, and served at usual hours

Be rationed without consideration of health

Only be provided once daily

41. What does Rule 23 require for prisoners not working outdoors?

No physical activity

At least one hour of outdoor exercise daily, weather permitting

Only exercise within their cell

Weekly exercise sessions

42. Who holds responsibility for prisoner health care under Rule 24?

Prison staff alone

The State

Prisoners themselves

Charitable organizations

43. Rule 25 requires health-care services to include:

Only general practitioners

An interdisciplinary team with psychology, psychiatry, and dentistry

Only emergency staff

Volunteers only

44. According to Rule 26, prisoner medical files must be:

Publicly accessible

Confidential, up to date, and transferable upon transfer

Destroyed after five years

Maintained only in summary form

45. Rule 27 requires clinical decisions to be:

Made by prison directors

Taken only by health-care professionals, without interference from non-medical staff

Subject to review by security officers

Approved by the warden first

46. What does Rule 28 require in women’s prisons?

No difference in health care

Special prenatal and postnatal care, and birth outside prison if possible

No record of pregnancy in prison files

Women must give birth inside prison

47. Under Rule 29, children in prison with parents:

Are treated as prisoners

Must be separated immediately

Are never treated as prisoners and must receive child-specific health care

Must share accommodation with adults

48. What does Rule 30 require upon admission?

Routine registration only

Immediate health examination for needs, ill-treatment, stress, or contagious diseases

Only identity verification

No health check unless requested

49. Rule 31 ensures medical examinations are:

Conducted in groups

Confidential and daily access for sick or complaining prisoners

Supervised by guards

Public for transparency

50. Which ethical principle is emphasized in Rule 32?

Prisoners lose autonomy over health care

Confidentiality, informed consent, and prohibition of torture or harmful experimentation

Doctors must always obey prison staff orders

Prisoners may not refuse treatment

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51. Rule 33 requires physicians to:

Report to media about prison conditions

Report to the director if imprisonment harms a prisoner’s health

Ignore conditions not related to illness

Stay silent to maintain order

52. What does Rule 34 require health professionals to do if they detect torture?

Remain silent to protect security

Document and report it to the proper authority, with safeguards

Inform only the prisoner’s family

Ignore if minor

53. According to Rule 35, the physician or health body must regularly inspect:

Food, hygiene, sanitation, clothing, bedding, lighting, and sports conditions

Only medical facilities

Only staff health

Only prison finances

54. Rule 36 establishes that discipline in prison must:

Impose the maximum restrictions possible

Apply more restrictions than necessary for control

Use no more restriction than necessary for safety and order

Eliminate community life entirely

55. Rule 37 requires disciplinary offences and sanctions to:

Be decided by prison staff discretion

Always be subject to authorization by law or competent authority

Be unlimited in duration

Depend on prisoner’s social status

56. According to Rule 38, what mechanism is encouraged to prevent disciplinary offences?

Solitary confinement

Mediation and conflict prevention

Collective punishment

Use of restraints

57. Rule 39 prohibits what practice regarding disciplinary sanctions?

Keeping written records of sanctions

Sanctioning prisoners twice for the same act

Considering mental illness before sanctions

Applying proportionality between sanction and offence

58. What does Rule 39(3) state regarding prisoners with mental illness?

They should always receive harsher sanctions

Their illness or disability must be considered before sanctions

They cannot defend themselves

They must be isolated

59. Rule 40 prohibits prisoners from:

Participating in sports

Being employed in any disciplinary capacity

Taking part in educational programs

Supervising self-governance groups

60. Under Rule 41, prisoners must be informed of accusations:

Only after sanctions are imposed

Without delay and in a language they understand

In writing only

Only if charges are criminal

61. Rule 41 guarantees prisoners the right to:

Defend themselves personally or with legal assistance

Remain uninformed of disciplinary charges

Be punished without hearings

Avoid judicial review of sanctions

62. According to Rule 42, basic living conditions like sanitation, nutrition, and healthcare:

Apply only to convicted prisoners

Apply only to juveniles

Apply equally to all prisoners

Depend on prison resources

63. Which practice is prohibited under Rule 43?

Solitary confinement for less than 15 days

Indefinite or prolonged solitary confinement, corporal punishment, diet reduction, or collective punishment

Visits by family members

Legal aid for prisoners

64. Rule 44 defines prolonged solitary confinement as:

More than 7 days

More than 10 days

More than 15 consecutive days

More than 30 days

65. According to Rule 45, solitary confinement must:

Be used as punishment in all cases

Be exceptional, last-resort, short, independently reviewed, and never imposed by sentence

Always exceed 15 days

Be decided by non-medical staff only

66. Rule 46 prohibits health-care staff from:

Monitoring prisoners in solitary

Imposing disciplinary sanctions

Reporting health impacts of confinement

Providing medical treatment

67. What does Rule 47 prohibit?

Use of any restraints at all

Use of chains, irons, or instruments that are inherently degrading or painful

Use of restraints during transfers

Reporting restraints to higher authority

68. Rule 48 requires that restraints must be:

Applied indefinitely

Used only as last resort, least intrusive, for shortest time necessary

Used regularly to ensure discipline

Applied to women during childbirth

69. What is the purpose of Rule 49?

To increase restraint use

To train staff in control techniques reducing or avoiding restraints

To justify solitary confinement

To replace medical staff

70. Rule 50 requires searches to respect:

Efficiency and speed

Human dignity, privacy, proportionality, legality, and necessity

Only national law

Prisoner obedience

71. Rule 51 requires records of:

Every visitor entry

Strip, body cavity, and cell searches including reasons, personnel, and results

Prisoner correspondence

Staff working hours

72. According to Rule 52, body cavity searches must be:

Routine and random

Conducted only when absolutely necessary, privately, by qualified health staff or trained staff

Done publicly to deter misconduct

Conducted by guards in all cases

73. Rule 53 guarantees prisoners’ access to:

Family property documents

Documents relating to their legal proceedings

Personal entertainment material

Confidential staff files

74. Rule 54 requires prisoners to be given written information about:

Only their sentence length

Prison law, rights, obligations, and complaint procedures

Entertainment facilities

Staff salaries

75. What does Rule 55 require for prisoners who cannot read?

They are not given information

They must rely on fellow inmates

Information must be provided orally

They must hire interpreters themselves

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76. According to Rule 56, prisoners can submit requests or complaints to:

Only the prison director

Only their families

The director, inspectors, central administration, and judicial authorities

Nobody

77. Rule 57 protects prisoners by ensuring:

Complaints can be ignored if inconvenient

Complaints are dealt with promptly and without retaliation

Complaints can only be submitted in writing

Only legal advisers may file complaints

78. According to Rule 58, family contact:

May be completely prohibited as a sanction

Must be allowed regularly through correspondence and visits

Is only allowed for men

Is optional for the prison

79. Rule 59 encourages allocation of prisoners:

As far from home as possible

Near their homes or rehabilitation areas

To overcrowded institutions

Only to rural prisons

80. Rule 61 ensures prisoners can:

Consult with legal advisers confidentially, without delay or censorship

Only consult lawyers through staff supervision

Only speak to state-appointed lawyers

Write legal notes monitored by prison staff

81. Under Rule 62, foreign prisoners must be allowed:

No contact outside prison

To communicate with diplomatic or consular representatives

Only to write letters monthly

To rely solely on local legal advisers

82. Rule 63 requires prisoners to be kept informed of:

Only their own legal case

Important news through newspapers, broadcasts, lectures, or publications

Staff salaries

Prisoner finances

83. According to Rule 64, every prison must have:

A gymnasium

A library stocked with recreational and instructional books

A swimming pool

A daily newspaper subscription only

84. Rule 65 ensures that:

Religion is prohibited in prison

Qualified religious representatives may conduct services and private visits

Only majority religions are recognized

Prisoners must attend religious services

85. Rule 66 allows prisoners to:

Keep religious books and attend services when practicable

Be prohibited from all religious practices

Only practice religion after release

Attend services of staff choice only

86. Rule 67 requires prisoners’ valuables and effects to be:

Confiscated permanently

Inventoried, signed, stored safely, and returned upon release

Given to prison staff

Destroyed upon admission

87. Rule 68 guarantees prisoners the right to:

Avoid all contact with family

Immediately inform family or designated contacts of imprisonment, transfer, illness, or injury

Keep personal information secret at all times

Inform family only at release

88. What must prison directors do under Rule 69 in case of a prisoner’s death?

Announce it publicly

Inform the prisoner’s next of kin or emergency contact immediately

Inform only the prison staff

Keep it confidential

89. Rule 70 provides that prisoners should, when possible:

Be allowed to attend funerals or visit critically ill relatives

Not be informed of family deaths

Be isolated from family matters

Only receive news at release

90. According to Rule 71, custodial deaths or torture allegations must:

Be handled internally only

Be reported promptly to an independent judicial authority for impartial investigation

Be kept confidential to protect staff

Be ignored unless a complaint is filed

91. Which of the following best describes the requirement of Rule 72 regarding the treatment of deceased prisoners?

The body must be cremated within 24 hours

The body must be displayed publicly for investigation

The body must be treated with dignity and returned to next of kin

The body must be kept in prison custody permanently

92. When prisoners are being transported, Rule 73 requires that:

They be exposed to the public for accountability

They be transported only at night to avoid attention

They be shielded from public view and protected from insult

They be chained at all times for security

93. According to Rule 74, why is careful selection of prison personnel important?

Because they must strictly enforce punishment

Because prison administration depends on their integrity and humanity

Because staff must be rotated frequently

Because it reduces the cost of prison management

94. What does Rule 75 require before prison staff begin duty?

They must serve as police officers first

They must undergo tailored training and pass theoretical and practical tests

They must complete at least 10 years of service in security forces

They must be nominated by prison directors

95. According to Rule 76, which of the following is included in mandatory staff training?

Tax collection procedures

Contemporary political ideologies

Rights and duties of prison staff, including respect for human dignity

Marketing and communication skills

96. What principle does Rule 77 emphasize for prison staff conduct?

They must ensure strict punishment

They must influence prisoners positively by example

They must remain distant and avoid all personal interaction

They must prioritize discipline over rehabilitation

97. According to Rule 78, prisons should, as far as possible, include which specialists among staff?

Politicians and business leaders

Military officers and guards

Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, teachers, and trade instructors

Police inspectors and intelligence officers

98. Rule 79 requires that a prison director must:

Be part-time and live outside the prison premises

Be fully devoted to official duties and reside within or near the prison

Have a military background only

Rotate between prisons monthly

99. According to Rule 81, in a prison that houses both men and women:

Male staff may supervise women without restrictions

Female staff must have authority over the women’s section

Women must be placed under the same supervision as men

Male staff must hold the keys to the women’s section

100. Rule 82 allows prison staff to use force only in which situation?

To maintain order at any cost

To punish disobedience

In self-defence, escape attempts, or active resistance

Whenever the director authorizes

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101. Which system of inspections is required by Rule 83?

Only internal inspections by prison staff

Only external inspections by international observers

Both internal (administrative) and external (independent) inspections

Random inspections by police

102. According to Rule 84, inspectors must have authority to:

Access all prison records and interview prisoners privately

Control the daily operations of the prison

Change sentencing conditions of prisoners

Hire and fire prison staff directly

103. Rule 85 requires that inspection reports:

Remain confidential and unpublished

Be destroyed after review

Be written and, where possible, made publicly available

Be sent only to prison staff

104. What is the guiding principle of Rule 86?

Punishment should be emphasized over rehabilitation

Penal institutions should aim at rehabilitation and social reintegration

Prisoners should remain excluded from society permanently

Prisons should operate for profit

105. According to Rule 87, what should be arranged before the completion of a prisoner’s sentence?

Their permanent relocation to another prison

Their exclusion from family contact

A gradual return to life in society, including pre-release regimes

A final disciplinary review

106. Rule 88 emphasizes that the treatment of prisoners should focus on:

Their complete isolation from society

Their continuing part in society and social rehabilitation

Making them dependent on prison administration

Preparing them for permanent exclusion

107. According to Rule 89, why is the classification of prisoners important?

To ensure they are punished more severely

To facilitate their treatment and rehabilitation

To limit their access to food and education

To maintain overcrowding in larger prisons

108. What does Rule 90 require after a prisoner’s release?

That society continues to provide aftercare and rehabilitation support

That prisoners be left on their own without assistance

That police monitor them permanently

That they remain excluded from social services

109. According to Rule 91, what is the main purpose of treating sentenced prisoners?

To instill fear of punishment

To establish the will to live law-abiding and self-supporting lives

To ensure complete submission to prison staff

To maintain strict discipline only

110. What does Rule 92 require for each prisoner with a suitable sentence length?

A punishment file recording disciplinary actions only

A report including their physical, mental, and social background

A financial audit of their costs to the prison

A family survey on their social reputation

111. According to Rule 93, what is one main purpose of classification of prisoners?

To separate prisoners likely to exert a bad influence

To divide prisoners according to nationality

To punish repeat offenders more severely

To reward certain categories of prisoners

112. What does Rule 94 require after admission of a prisoner?

A written confession

A programme of treatment based on their individual needs and personality

A mandatory one-year solitary confinement

A physical punishment schedule

113. Rule 95 introduces a system of privileges in prisons primarily to:

Maintain order through punishment

Encourage good conduct and responsibility

Reduce prison operating costs

Increase competition among prisoners

114. According to Rule 96, what should sentenced prisoners be given the opportunity to do?

Engage in sports only

Work or participate in rehabilitation, subject to fitness

Choose their preferred cellmates

Avoid all responsibilities

115. Rule 97 prohibits which of the following in prison labour?

Vocational training for prisoners

Prisoners working outdoors

Labour of an afflictive nature, slavery, or work for staff’s private benefit

Prisoners choosing the type of work

116. According to Rule 98, the work provided to prisoners should:

Focus only on prison maintenance tasks

Be irrelevant to outside employment opportunities

Maintain or increase their ability to earn an honest living after release

Be mainly unpaid and symbolic

117. What does Rule 99 require of prison work organization?

It should resemble outside employment to prepare prisoners for normal life

It should prioritize financial profit for the prison

It should be entirely ceremonial

It should exclude modern tools and methods

118. According to Rule 101, how should prisoners be protected during work?

Only through informal safety checks

They should be indemnified against industrial injury on equal terms with free workers

They should assume full risk since they are serving punishment

They should avoid working with machinery

119. Rule 103 provides that prisoners should:

Receive no remuneration for their work

Be paid equitably, allowed to spend part on personal use, support family, and save for release

Work only in exchange for privileges

Be given non-monetary rewards only

120. According to Rule 104, what is compulsory for illiterate and young prisoners?

Religious education only

Military-style training

Basic education provided by the prison

Political re-education programmes

121. According to Rule 109, prisoners with severe mental disabilities or health conditions shall:

Remain in prison but under strict isolation

Be immediately released without treatment

Be transferred to mental health facilities as soon as possible

Be treated only by prison guards

122. What does Rule 110 recommend for prisoners receiving psychiatric treatment?

That all treatment ends upon release

That steps be taken to ensure continuation after release with aftercare

That treatment is voluntary and optional only while in prison

That treatment should be overseen by police officers

123. Rule 111 defines “untried prisoners” as:

Persons convicted but awaiting appeal

Persons imprisoned for debt

Persons detained by reason of a criminal charge but not yet tried or sentenced

Persons held for political reasons

124. According to Rule 112, untried prisoners shall:

Be kept together with convicted prisoners for efficiency

Be separated from convicted prisoners, and young untried prisoners separated from adults

Be treated exactly like convicted prisoners

Be transferred only to military custody

125. What does Rule 113 state regarding sleeping arrangements for untried prisoners?

They should share large dormitories for supervision

They should sleep singly in separate rooms, unless local climate dictates otherwise

They must share cells with convicted prisoners

They should sleep in open yards for transparency

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126. According to Rule 114, untried prisoners may:

Be denied food unless family provides it

Purchase food from outside at their own expense

Be forced to eat only prison meals

Only eat food provided by other prisoners

127. Rule 115 allows untried prisoners to:

Wear only prison dress identical to that of convicted prisoners

Wear their own clean, suitable clothing, or if not, a different prison dress from that of convicted prisoners

Avoid all clothing regulations

Wear uniforms chosen by prison staff

128. According to Rule 116, untried prisoners:

Are required to work full time

Cannot work under any circumstances

May work voluntarily and must be paid if they choose to work

Work only without pay

129. Rule 117 allows untried prisoners to procure at their expense:

Political pamphlets only

Books, newspapers, writing material, and other means of occupation

Weapons for self-protection

Food only

130. What does Rule 118 permit untried prisoners to do?

Only use prison medical services

Be visited and treated by their own doctor or dentist if reasonable and at their own expense

Refuse all medical treatment

Be treated by family members instead of doctors

131. According to Rule 119, what right does every untried prisoner have?

To remain silent without trial

To be promptly informed of reasons for detention and charges against them

To refuse contact with lawyers

To avoid appearing in court if they choose

132. What does Rule 119 require if an untried prisoner cannot afford a lawyer?

The prisoner must defend themselves

A legal adviser must be assigned without charge where justice requires

Legal aid is optional and depends on prison policy

Only family members can serve as advisers

133. According to Rule 120, access of an untried prisoner to legal aid is governed by:

Prison director’s discretion only

The same principles outlined in Rule 61

Police supervision rules

Informal agreements with families

134. What does Rule 120 require prisons to provide for defence preparation?

Extra visiting hours with family

Writing material for confidential communication with legal advisers

Copies of other prisoners’ records

Access to government offices

135. According to Rule 121, how should civil prisoners be treated?

As convicted criminals

More harshly than untried prisoners

Not less favourably than untried prisoners, with possible work requirements

With no rights or entitlements

136. Rule 122 states that persons arrested or detained without charge shall:

Be treated as convicted prisoners

Be denied rehabilitation services

Receive the same protections as untried prisoners and general rules of custody

Be automatically released within 24 hours

137. According to Rule 122, what is explicitly prohibited for persons detained without charge?

Rehabilitation or re-education measures

Visits from family

Access to food and clothing

Medical treatment in custody

138. Rule 119 requires that denial of access to a legal adviser for an untried prisoner must:

Be approved by the prison director only

Be subject to independent review without delay

Be reviewed after the trial is complete

Not be reviewed at all

139. According to Rule 121, imprisonment for debt is permitted in some countries. What principle applies to such prisoners?

They may be subjected to maximum severity

Their custody must not exceed that of convicted criminals

They must only be supervised by police

They must be excluded from all prison privileges

140. Which international instrument is explicitly referenced in Rule 122 regarding persons detained without charge?

The Geneva Conventions

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

The UN Charter on Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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