The Hidden Gulag - US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

The Hidden Gulag Second Editionduties as to influence the prisoners for good bytheir example and to command their respect.49. (1) So far as possible, the personnel shallinclude a sufficient number of specialists suchas psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers,teachers and trade instructors.(2) The services of social workers, teachers andtrade instructors shall be secured on a permanentbasis, without thereby excluding part-timeor voluntary workers.50. (1) The director of an institution shouldbe adequately qualified for his task by character,administrative ability, suitable trainingand experience.(2) He shall devote his entire time to his officialduties and shall not be appointed on a parttimebasis.(3) He shall reside on the premises of the institutionor in its immediate vicinity.(4) When two or more institutions are under theauthority of one director, he shall visit each of themat frequent intervals. A responsible resident officialshall be in charge of each of these institutions.51. (1) The director, his deputy, and the majorityof the other personnel of the institution shallbe able to speak the language of the greatestnumber of prisoners, or a language understoodby the greatest number of them.(2) Whenever necessary, the services of an interpretershall be used.52. (1) In institutions which are large enoughto require the services of one or more full-timemedical officers, at least one of them shall resideon the premises of the institution or in itsimmediate vicinity.(2) In other institutions the medical officer shallvisit daily and shall reside near enough to be ableto attend without delay in cases of urgency.53. (1) In an institution for both men andwomen, the part of the institution set aside forwomen shall be under the authority of a responsiblewoman officer who shall have the custodyof the keys of all that part of the institution.(2) No male member of the staff shall enter thepart of the institution set aside for women unlessaccompanied by a woman officer.(3) Women prisoners shall be attended andsupervised only by women officers. This doesnot, however, preclude male members of thestaff, particularly doctors and teachers, fromcarrying out their professional duties in institutionsor parts of institutions set aside for women.54. (1) Officers of the institutions shall not, intheir relations with the prisoners, use forceexcept in self-defence or in cases of attemptedescape, or active or passive physical resistanceto an order based on law or regulations. Officerswho have recourse to force must use nomore than is strictly necessary and must reportthe incident immediately to the director of theinstitution.(2) Prison officers shall be given special physicaltraining to enable them to restrain aggressiveprisoners.(3) Except in special circumstances, staffperforming duties which bring them into directcontact with prisoners should not be armed.Furthermore, staff should in no circumstancesbe provided with arms unless they have beentrained in their use.Inspection55. There shall be a regular inspection of penalinstitutions and services by qualified and experiencedinspectors appointed by a competentauthority. Their task shall be in particular toensure that these institutions are administeredin accordance with existing laws and regulationsand with a view to bringing about the objectivesof penal and correctional services.183