Chapter XVIII WELFARE PROGRAMS FOR PRISONERS

1. (1) The Prisoners shall be provided appropriate opportunity for enhancing their educational qualification, including making provision for library facilities in a prison, as may be prescribed under the rules.
2. (2) Vocational training and skill development programs shall be provided to prisoners as part of prison correctional programs. These programs may be diverse in nature to facilitate rehabilitation of the prisoners, as prescribed under the rules.
3. (3) The Officer-in-charge shall organize spiritual, cultural, and recreational programs, etc., for the prisoners, as may be prescribed under the rules.
4. (4) The Officer-in-charge shall ascertain the State/Central Government welfare programs/schemes which are in vogue and made applicable to the prisoners.
5. (5) A prisoner welfare fund with contribution made by the State Government shall be set up to cater the correctional programs and after care needs of prisoners.
6. (6) Any other program which caters to the rehabilitation of the

prisoners may be taken as prescribed under the rules.

Canteens and Sales Outlets may be established in a prison for the sale of products, including jail products to the prisoners, prison staff and the public, and this includes sale of products on e-commerce platform and all such canteens and sales outlets etc., shall be operationalized as may be prescribed under the rules.