Prison architecture and institutional pattern

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.