5 Stays in segregated housing should be significantly shorter, and must not exceed 15 days, as prescribed in the Mandela Rules. 6 If, in absolutely exceptional circumstances, segregations have to last longer than 15 days, reasons for the segregation should be clearly stated and documented, and substantially reviewed by a body external to the prison. 7 An individual management/care plan should be designed for each segregated woman, detailing triggers, and coping mechanisms, as well a clear road map for the woman’s reintegration. Plans should include specific targets to be reached, steps to be taken, and a timetable for each step. Plans should be constantly reviewed and adjusted as warranted by the woman’s needs and challenges at that time. 8 The regime at the Management Unit at ARWCF should be reformed and include access to daily programmes and communal activities as well as ongoing mental health support and reintegration programmes. 9 Provisions and procedures at the ISUs should be reformed to ensure that vulnerable women are not subjected to solitary-confinement like regimes, and that they receive the ongoing support they need in a timely manner. 10 De-escalation efforts should always be the first recourse and properly documented and scrutinised. 11 Individualised, ongoing risk assessment should dictate the level of restrictions necessary at any given time (i.e. not as standard practice). 12 Strip searches should only be carried out on the basis of a specific reason/ to protect life and limb, not as routine practice for all. 13 Women who are acutely unwell should be transferred to a hospital. 14 Anti-rip clothing should only be used when there is a specific and immediate need rather than as blanket policy. Where this is a source of grievance and distress, staff should reconsider the immediate necessity of enforcing the wearing of an anti-rip gown. 15 Pepper spray should not be used in women’s prisons at all. My review of the records demonstrates inappropriate use which escalates matters. Data does not support the claim that its use would reduce other use of force. 58