˚˚ (a) Take into account the generally lower risk posed by women prisoners to others, as well as the particularly harmful effects that high-security measures and increased levels of isolation can have on women prisoners; ˚˚ (b) Enable essential information about women’s backgrounds, such as violence they may have experienced, history of mental disability and substance abuse, as well as parental and other caretaking responsibilities, to be taken into account in the allocation and sentence planning process; (c) Ensure that women’s sentence plans include rehabilitative programmes and services that match their gender-specific needs; … ˚˚ (d) Ensure that those with mental health-care needs are housed in accommodation which is not restrictive, and at the lowest possible security level, and receive appropriate treatment, rather than being placed in higher security level facilities solely due to their mental health problems.” Uncharged and untried detainees United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules) • 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.” • Rule 112: “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 113: “Untried prisoners shall sleep singly in separate rooms, with the reservation of different local custom in respect of the climate.” • Rule 117: “An untried prisoner shall be allowed to procure at his or her own expense or at the expense of a third party such books, newspapers, 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.” 70