communication with prison officials and the outside world and the separation of young prisoners from adults.58 The rules applicable to prisoners under sentence have as their rationale the desirability of rehabilitation and include the requirement that prison work not be of afflictive nature and that provision be made for the further education of all prisoners capable of profiting from it, along with recreational and cultural activities for the benefit of the physical and mental health of prisoners.59 The rules applicable to prisoners under arrest or awaiting trial, stress that such ‘untried prisoners’ are presumed to be innocent and are to be treated as such by a special regime including separation from convicted prisoners, the separation of young untried prisoners from adults preferably in separate institutions and with no work requirement.60 Prisoners arrested or detained without charge are accorded the same protections as are accorded under the general rules and the rules applying to prisoners under arrest or awaiting trial.61 The rules further provide that they are to be applied without discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. (c) Notification of and access to family The ICCPR recognises a general right to family life in Article 17 which states: 17(1) 17(2) No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. The Body of Principles on Detention stipulates how this general right applies in situations in which a person is detained or imprisoned. Principle 15 provides that communication of a 58 Part I, Standard Minimum Rules. 59 Part IIA, Standard Minimum Rules. 60 Part IIC Standard Minimum Rules. 61 Part IIE Standard Minimum Rules. 49