Chapters

• The European Prison Rules and their recent revision
• 2006 European Prison Rules - The new trendsetter
• International winds of change
• European Developments
• Complicated reform process 2017-2020
• Focus: separation & solitary confinement
• Reconsider special high security and safety measures (rule 53)
• Add separation (new Rule 53A)
• Rewrite solitary confinement as disciplinary punishment (Rule 60.6)
• 2. Women (Rule 34)
• 3. Foreign nationals (Rule 37)
• 4. Instruments of restraint (Rule 68)
• 5. Requests and complaints (Rule 70)
• 6. Adequate prison staffing levels and minimum service guarantees (Rule 83)
• 7. Records and file management (Rules 15, new Rule 16A)
• 8. Inspections and monitoring - Rules 92 and 93