their own right and should not be seen as merely substitutes for sentences of imprisonment; "(d) To work towards the adoption and implementation of the draft United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules), including the necessary infrastructures and resources, and to foster favourable attitudes on the part of the community at large, especially legislators, judges, prosecutors and administrators; "(e) To make available non-custodial sanctions as judicial sanctions; "(f) To take into consideration, in the framework of non-custodial sanctions, the availability of alternatives to pre-trial custody that could be adopted more extensively; "(g) To avoid, reduce or eliminate overcrowding in prisons by considering the use of a combination of factors: a reduction in the length of prison sentences available; the substitution of non-custodial sanctions or measures; and the reduction of pre-trial detention by facilitating pre-trial release or the use of bail and recognizances; "(h) To limit the use of pre-trial detention to those cases essential to the preservation of public safety and the proper administration of justice; "(i) To examine methods of ensuring that the access of persons in pre-trial detention to legal or other advice and assistance is not impeded and the conditions of detention are no more restrictive than is necessary to ensure the secure containment of such persons; "(j) To work towards the more complete implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners adopted by the first United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and the European Prison Rules; "(k) To acknowledge that penal institutions are an integral part of the society they serve and that, in consequence, staff should be encouraged and enabled to play an active part in community affairs, as should prisoners so far as is consistent with public safety; "(1) To develop the closest possible links between penal institutions 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on criminal justice and the treatment of prisoners, discussing measures to reduce overcrowding, improve conditions, and provide alternatives to imprisonment. It also references international standards and rules, such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures and the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. This suggests that the text is concerned with the administration of justice and the humane treatment of individuals who have come into contact with the criminal justice system.

**Category**
Education, Humanitarian aid and relief