The Pros And Cons Of USandard Minimum Rules For The Treatment Of Prisoners

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“UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs)” were adopted. Several years ago an updated version of these rules were re-adopted and it is quite obvious what these rules do and what their intention is just form the name. They attempt to set a minimum standard or guidelines for how prisoners need and ought to be treated. However, the difficulty is enforcing these rules. The new rules, now known as the Nelson Mandela rules, are difficult to enforce, because each country is different and has different levels of development and different amounts of money that they can dedicate towards funding prisons.
Also, in each and every country there are many different areas and one area may be more developed than another area. One area

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