Chapter IV ORGANISATIONAL SET UP

Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services.-

1. (1) There may be a Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services in the State, which shall be responsible for implementing the prison policies laid down by the State Government, and will plan, organize, direct, coordinate and control various prisons and correctional services and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. The Directorate shall consist of such number of officers and staff as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time.
2. (2) The institutional set-up may be decided in accordance with the need and requirement of accommodating the prisoners, the inmate population, workload of prison officers and staff and the workforce may include executive, ministerial, guarding staff, correctional officers and staff, medical personnel, etc., as may be prescribed under the rules.

Head of Prisons & Correctional Services.-

1. (1) For the administration of Prisons and Correctional Services, the Government shall appoint the Head of Prisons & Correctional Services (of appropriate rank as the Government may deem fit), subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder.
2. (2) The Head of Prisons & Correctional Services shall exercise powers and perform duties under this Act and other officers and staff of prisons shall work under the general supervision, control and direction of the Head of Prisons & Correctional Services.
3. (3) The Head of Prisons& Correctional Services shall exercise such administrative, financial and disciplinary powers as may be exercised by a Head of Department and such other powers specifically conferred upon him by the Government from time to time, as may be prescribed under the rules.

Other officers of prisons.-

1. (1) The Government may appoint as many officers as may be necessary to assist the Head of the Directorate of Prisons & Correctional Services for performing such duties as may be prescribed under the Act and the rules.
2. (2) For every Prison, there shall be an officer-in-charge, who may be a Senior Superintendent of Prisons and Correctional Services, Superintendent of Prisons and Correctional Services, Deputy Superintendent of Prisons and Correctional Services, Assistant Superintendent of Prisons and Correctional Services or any other officer of the Prisons and Correctional Services, as prescribed under the rules.
3. (3) The general administrative control and management of a prison unit shall vest with the officer-in-charge and other officers and staff shall exercise or perform such duties and functions under his direction, as may be prescribed under the rules.

Recruitment and Training.-

1. (1) The qualifications, recruitment, appointment and training of the officers and staff of the Prisons shall be such as may be prescribed under the rules.
2. (2) Salaries and other benefits of officers and staff members may be commensurate with the work performed in a modern prisons and correctional system as may be prescribed under the rules.
3. (3) Every member of the prison officers and staff in the Prison shall be provided basic induction training and periodic in-service training to enable them to perform their duties efficiently and professionally.