Women are the fastest growing prison population across the world . As further outlined in this toolkit, poverty, discrimination, violence and punitive legal responses are some of the key underlying causes behind the increase in female imprisonment. The harmful and negative impact of imprisonment on women, their families and communities has been widely documented . Since the adoption of the United Nations Rules on the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders ( The Bangkok Rules ), which complements the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules on Non-custodial Measures ( The Tokyo Rules ) and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners ( The Nelson Mandela Rules ), there has been increased attention dedicated to the gender-responsive treatment of women in prison . This toolkit seeks to provide support and guidance on taking steps to ensure that women in contact with the law are not detained or imprisoned unnecessari...
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