Preventing Torture An Operational Guide for National Human Rights Institutions - Updated Edition 1. All prison staff shall possess an adequate standard of education and shall be given the ability and means to carry out their duties in a professional manner. 2. Before entering on duty, all prison staff shall be provided with training tailored to their general and specific duties, which shall be reflective of contemporary evidence-based best practice in penal sciences. Only those candidates who successfully pass the theoretical and practical tests at the end of such training shall be allowed to enter the prison service. 3. The prison administration shall ensure the continuous provision of in service training courses with a view to maintaining and improving the knowledge and professional capacity of its personnel, after entering on duty and during their career. United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules) Rule 33 1. All staff assigned to work with women prisoners shall receive training relating to the gender-specific needs and human rights of women prisoners. United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty Rule 85 The personnel should receive such training as will enable them to carry out their responsibilities effectively, in particular in child psychology, child welfare and international standards and norms of human rights and the rights of the child, including the present rules. 80