United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)
Health-care services - Rule 24
1. The provision of health care for prisoners is a State responsibility. Prisoners should enjoy the same standards of health care that are available in the community, and should have access to necessary health-care services free of charge without discrimination on the grounds of their legal status.
2. Health-care services should be organized in close relationship to the general public health administration and in a way that ensures continuity of treatment and care, including for HIV, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, as well as for drug dependence.
This publication has been made possible thanks to a contribution from the Government of Germany.
(UNODC, Justice Section, Division for Operations, General Assembly resolution 70/175, annex, adopted on 17 December 2015.)
http://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/GA-RESOLUTION/E_ebook.pdf