Prison and Correctional Institution offences

Prison and Correctional Institution offences.- The following acts and omissions are declared as prison and correctional institution offences, when committed or omitted by prisoner, namely:-

1. (1) Minor offences.-
   • (a) willful disobedience of any rule or regulation of the prison and correctional institution, as may be prescribed under the rules;
   • (b) deliberate or persistent use of insulting or threatening language;
   • (c) immoral or indecent or disorderly behaviour;
   • (d) willfully disabling himself from labour;
   • (e) continuously refusing to work, if the prisoner has been punished with rigorous imprisonment;
   • (f) willful idleness or negligence at work by any convict prisoner sentenced to rigorous imprisonment;
   • (g) willful mismanagement of work by any convict prisoner sentenced to rigorous imprisonment;
   • (h) willful damage to prison and correctional institution property;
     • (i) willfully making a false accusation against any correctional services official;
   • (j) Aiding or abetting or facilitating the commission of any of the aforesaid offences.
2. (2) Major offences.-
   • (a) omitting or refusing to report, as soon as it comes to his knowledge, the occurrence of any fire, any plot or conspiracy, any attempt to escape or preparation to escape or attack on any prisoner or any other person or correctional services official;
   • (b) tampering with or defacing history tickets, records or documents, maintained in physical or electronic form;
   • (c) receiving, possessing or transferring any prohibited article other than wireless communication devices and/or their ancillary components;
   • (d) escape or attempt to escape, conspiring to escape or to assist in escaping;
   • (e) unauthorized use or possession of wireless communication devices and/or their ancillary components;
   • (f) tresspassing in or loitering about in the prison and correctional institution premises where entry is not allowed;
   • (g) unauthorized communication with any person;
   • (h) impersonating a correctional services official or employee of the Government;
     • (i) smuggling or attempting to smuggle or to have in possession prohibited article other than wireless communication devices and/or their ancillary components in the prison and correctional institution;
   • (j) intimidating fellow prisoners into making false representation against the correctional services officials;
   • (k) resorting to strike or start or continue any agitation or participating in or inciting mass hunger strike or any other act of defiance or indiscipline;
   • (l) sexual harassment or sodomy;
   • (m) participating in or organizing anti-social activities, as may be prescribed under the rules;
   • (n) assault or use of force on anyone, attack by one group of prisoners on another group;
   • (o) aiding or abetting or facilitating the commission of any of the aforesaid offences.