Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

D. Civil prisoners 

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94. In countries where the law permits imprisonment for debt, or by order of a court under any other 
non-criminal process, persons so imprisoned shall not be subjected to any greater restriction or 
severity than is necessary to ensure safe custody and good order. Their treatment shall be not less 
favourable than that of untried prisoners, with the reservation, however, that they may possibly be 
required to work.
E. Persons arrested or detained without charge 
95. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political 
Rights, persons arrested or imprisoned without charge shall be accorded the same protection as that 
accorded under part I and part II, section C. Relevant provisions of part II, section A, shall likewise be 
applicable where their application may be conducive to the benefit of this special group of persons in 
custody, provided that no measures shall be taken implying that re-education or rehabilitation is in any 
way appropriate to persons not convicted of any criminal offence.