Separate accommodation for women prisoners

Separate accommodation for women prisoners.-

1. (1) The Government may establish such number of exclusive prisons and correctional institutions for women prisoners as, it may consider necessary. To accommodate women prisoners, in a prison and correctional institution housing both women and men prisoners shall be kept in a separate building or a separate part of the same building with a separate entrance, in such a manner that they do not come into contact with men prisoners. While providing for basic facilities and correctional services to women prisoners their gender specific needs shall be met.
2. (2) In Central Prison and Correctional Institution, a separate female ward in the prison and correctional institution hospital may be created for women prisoners.
3. (3) In case of exclusive women prison and correctional institution and women enclosure/female ward, only women correctional services officials shall be deployed. Male correctional services officials can be deployed for duties outside such prison and correctional institution or enclosure and can be called inside by the Superintendent or the official on duty, only in case of any emergency or prison and correctional institution offence, as may be prescribed under the rules.