Bangkok Rules: select list65 Personal hygiene [Supplements rules 15 and 16 of the UN SMR] Rule 5: The accommodation of women prisoners shall have facilities and materials required to meet women’s specific hygiene needs, including sanitary towels provided free of charge and a regular supply of water to be made available for the personal care of children and women, in particular women involved in cooking and those who are pregnant, breastfeeding or menstruating. Health-care services [Supplements rules 22-26 of the UN SMR] Rule 6: Medical screening on entry The health screening of women prisoners shall include comprehensive screening to determine primary healthcare needs, and also shall determine: (a) The presence of sexually transmitted diseases or blood-borne diseases; and, depending on risk factors, women prisoners may also be offered testing for HIV, with pre- and post-test counselling. (b) Mental health-care needs, including post-traumatic stress disorder and risk of suicide and self-harm. Suicide and self-harm prevention Rule 16: Developing and implementing strategies, in consultation with mental health-care and social welfare services, to prevent suicide and selfharm among women prisoners and providing appropriate, gender-specific and specialized support to those at risk shall be part of a comprehensive policy of mental health care in women’s prisons Discipline and punishment [Supplements rules 27 to 32 of the UN SMR] Rule 22: Punishment by close confinement or disciplinary segregation shall not be applied to pregnant women, women with infants and breastfeeding mothers in prison. Rule 23: Disciplinary sanctions for women prisoners shall not include a prohibition of family contact, especially with children. 65 A fuller discussion on international human rights law provisions relating to solitary confinement and restraint can be found in Appendix 2 of Time for a Paradigm Shift report, available online at: https:// www.solitaryconfinement.org/solitary-confinement-in-new-zealand 61