Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT AND OFFICERS OF PRISONS

The Government shall provide in its jurisdiction accommodation in prisons constructed and regulated in such manner as to comply with the requisitions of this Act in respected of the separation of prisoners .

(1) The Government shall, by notification, appoint an Inspector General of Prisons to be in charge of the administration and management of all the prisons, in Delhi, who shall belong to IAS/IPS service. (2) The Government may also, by notification, appoint as many Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Inspectors General of Prisons as it may think fit or necessary to assist the Inspector General in exercising the powers and performing the functions of the Inspector General under this Act; (3) The Government shall provide the necessary administrative staff in the headquarters and the regional offices of the Inspector General.

(1) The Inspector General shall exercise his powers and perform his functions under this Act subject to the general supervision and control of the Government, and the other officers appointed under this Act shall work under the general supervision, control and direction of the Inspector General and shall be responsible to him. (2) The Inspection General shall be responsible for the allotment of work to the officers appointed under this Act and may delegate any of his functions to such officers.

For every prison there shall be a Superintendent, a Deputy Superintendent, a Medical Officer, a Law Officer, a Welfare Officer, and such other officers as the Government thinks it necessary.

Whenever it appears to the Inspector General that:- (a) the number of prisoners in any prison is greater than can conveniently or safely be kept therein and it is not convenient to transfer the excess number to some other prison. (b) from the outbreak of epidemic disease within any prison or for any other reason, it is desirable to provide for the temporary shelter and safe custody of any prisoner; Provision shall be made, by such officer and in such manner as the Government may direct, for the shelter and safe custody in temporary prisons, of so many of the prisoners as cannot conveniently or safely be kept in the prison.