others as well as the harmful effects that high security measures and increased isolation can have on women prisoners. Other rules, including 6 and 16, cover requirements related to gender specific health care and mental health care assessment and treatment. Uncharged and untried detainees Provisions of the Mandela Rules as discussed above apply to all prisoners and detainees, including people held in police custody, be it prior to being charged or as untried detainees. Of particular relevance is Rule 42: General living conditions addressed in these rules, including those related to light, ventilation, temperature, sanitation, nutrition, drinking water, access to open air and physical exercise, personal hygiene, health care and adequate personal space, shall apply to all prisoners without exception. Part II, section C of the Mandela Rules addresses untried detainees specifically and includes some of the following provisions: Untried prisoners shall be kept separate from convicted prisoners, and young untried prisoners shall be kept separate from adults and shall in principle be detained in separate institutions (Rule 112); Untried prisoners shall sleep singly in separate rooms, with the reservation of different local custom in respect of the climate (Rule 113); An untried prisoner shall be allowed to wear his or her own clothing if it is clean and suitable (Rule 115); An untried prisoner shall be allowed to procure at his or her own expense or at the expense of a third party such books, news papers, writing material and other means of occupation as are compatible with the interests of the administration of justice and the security and good order of the institution (Rule 117). 76