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The Jharkhand Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2025

The Jharkhand Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2025

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The Jharkhand Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2025, establishes a modern legal framework for the administration of prisons and correctional institutions within the state. It replaces outdated colonial-era legislation to emphasize rehabilitation, human rights, and digital integration. The Act regulates the classification, security, and management of various categories of prisoners, including undertrials and convicts. It mandates medical care, vocational training, and structured case management to facilitate the reintegration of individuals into society. For citizens, it ensures that prison administration operates under clear, codified rules, balancing security requirements with the fundamental rights of those in custody.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Functions of prisons and correctional institutions
  4. 4. Accommodation for prisoners
  5. 5. Prison architecture and institutional design
  6. 6. Classification of prisons
  7. 7. Temporary accommodation for prisoners
  8. 8. Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services
  9. 9. Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services
  10. 10. Additional Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services
  11. 11. Deputy Inspector General of Prisons and Correctional Services
  12. 12. Director of State Prison and Correctional Services Academy
  13. 13. Appointment and Training
  14. 14. Other Prison Officers
  15. 15. Functions and duties of the Superintendent
  16. 16. Duties of the Jailor
  17. 17. Duties of the Medical Officer
  18. 18. Duties of other prison officers and staff
  19. 19. Temporary vacancy or absence of Superintendent or Medical Officer
  20. 20. Officers should not engage in business transactions with prisoners
  21. 21. Officers should not have interest in prison contracts
  22. 22. Records and Registers to be maintained in prison
  23. 23. Offences by prison subordinates
  24. 24. Staff welfare
  25. 25. Digital transformation of prison officers, prison processes and technology
  26. 26. Admission of prisoners
  27. 27. Entries, search and medical screening of prisoners at the time of admission
  28. 28. Search of prisoners
  29. 29. Personal belongings of prisoners
  30. 30. Removal and release of prisoners
  31. 31. Benefit of remission for prisoners
  32. 32. Premature release of prisoners serving life imprisonment
  33. 33. Transfer of prisoners confined in prisons in the State
  34. 34. Transfer of any prisoner to another State/Union Territory
  35. 35. Transfer of sick prisoners to State hospitals for treatment
  36. 36. Transfer of sick prisoners to medical facilities in another State/Union Territory
  37. 37. Repatriation of foreign prisoners
  38. 38. Composition of classification committee
  39. 39. Segregation of prisoners
  40. 40. Security classification of prisoners
  41. 41. Prisoners sentenced to death
  42. 42. Order and Control in prison
  43. 43. Adequate living standard or protection of prisoners
  44. 44. Legal rights of prisoners
  45. 45. Right to practice faith and worship
  46. 46. Authorized communication and meeting / interview
  47. 47. Prison management system and custodial discipline
  48. 48. Prison offences
  49. 49. Investigation of prison offences and determination of punishment for such offences
  50. 50. Multiplicity of punishment under section 49
  51. 51. Provisions for punishment under section 49 and section 50
  52. 52. Entries in punishment books
  53. 53. Prohibited items
  54. 54. Punishment for smuggling of prohibited items and its use for unauthorized communication
  55. 55. Process for repeated offences in prison
  56. 56. Publication of prison offences and punishments
  57. 57. Primary health care of prisoners
  58. 58. Mental health - psychological evaluation and treatment
  59. 59. Records of instructions of medical officers
  60. 60. Referral for higher centres
  61. 61. Infectious, communicable, non-communicable and notified diseases
  62. 62. Epidemics
  63. 63. Segregation and separate accommodation for female prisoners
  64. 64. Protection of reproductive health of female prisoners
  65. 65. Pregnant female prisoner
  66. 66. Children with female prisoner
  67. 67. Investigation of complaints of sexual harassment
  68. 68. Prison management for transgender prisoners
  69. 69. Case management unit for sentence duration planning
  70. 70. Open and semi-open prison and correctional institutions
  71. 71. Parole and Furlough
  72. 72. Inspection of prison
  73. 73. Post-release care and rehabilitation services
  74. 74. Legal aid
  75. 75. Constitution of review committee for under-trial prisoners for each district
  76. 76. Report on death of prisoner
  77. 77. Establishment of canteens and sales centres
  78. 78. Grievance redressal mechanism
  79. 79. Prohibition of caste-based discrimination in classification, segregation and work assignment of prisoners
  80. 80. Restriction on strike and agitation
  81. 81. Prison emergencies
  82. 82. External custody, control and employment of prisoners
  83. 83. Prison Development Board
  84. 84. Delegation of powers
  85. 85. Accounts and audit
  86. 86. Protection of action taken in good faith
  87. 87. Powers of government to make rules
  88. 88. Repeal and savings
  89. 89. Power to remove difficulties

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