Chapter III PRISON ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation for Prisoners- The Government shall provide sufficient number of prisons and correctional institutions in Mizoram for accommodating the prisoners, which may be constructed and maintained in such manner so as to comply with the requirements of this Act.

Prison architecture and institutional pattern.-

1. (1) The pattern of construction of a prison, ground space, air space, ventilation of cells, barracks, bathing places, kitchen, work-sheds, hospitals etc. shall conform to such standards and requirements, as may be prescribed under the rules.
2. (2) The standards of security for each prison shall be such as may be prescribed under the rules.
3. (3) Prisons may be designed in such a manner so as to facilitate segregation and separate lodging of various categories of prisoners and/or for attending to special needs of prisoners, such as women/ transgender/persons with disabilities/persons suffering from contagious disease or mental illness or substance abuse/old and infirm prisoners, undertrial prisoners, convicted prisoners, high security prisoners, habitual/recidivist prisoners, young offenders, civil prisoners, detenues, political prisoners etc., as may be prescribed under the rules.
4. (4) The setup of prisons and correctional institutions may include accommodation and other facilities for the prison officers and other staff as per functional requirement.
5. (5) Wherever there is no provision of a stand-alone High Security Prison in the State, high risk offenders, hardened criminals and habitual offenders shall be segregated and lodged in separate barracks or cells of the jail, which shall have a provision of keeping them away from mingling with other prison inmates, young offenders, first time offenders, etc.
6. (6) Such separate accommodation as referred to in sub-section
7. (5) shall have appropriate advanced architecture, design and institutional pattern, as prescribed under the rules, for keeping inmates in a safe and secure custody.

Categories of Prisons and Correctional Institutions.-

1. (1) The Government may establish various categories of Prisons and Correctional Institutions, such as:
   • (a) Central Prisons
   • (b) District Prisons
   • (c) Sub Prisons
   • (d) Open Correctional Institutions
   • (e) High Security Prisons (f ) Exclusive Women Prisons
   • (g) Institution for Young Offenders
2. (2) The Government may determine the number of prisons and correctional institutions of any category and the place at which these may be established.
3. (3) Each Central Prison/ District Prison shall have provision for a separate Ward for High-Risk Prisoners/hardened criminals/ recidivists/habitual offenders, where they may be lodged separately in cells without the scope of mingling with other inmates so as to protect other prisoners from their negative influence and radicalized thought process.
4. (4) Appropriate and advanced security infrastructure and procedures shall be in place for High-Risk Prisoner Ward in all Central / District Prisons.

Temporary accommodation for prisoners Temporary accommodation for prisoners.- Whenever it appears to the Government that –

1. (i) the number of prisoners in a prison is greater than that can conveniently or safely be kept therein, and it is not convenient to transfer the excess number to any other prison, or
2. (ii) whenever due to the outbreak of any disease in any prison, or for any other reason, it is desirable to provide for temporary shelter and for the safe custody of prisoners, appropriate provision for temporary prisons may be made, in such manner as the Government may direct, for the shelter and safe custody of as many prisoners that cannot be conveniently or safely kept in a prison.