Provision shall be made by the Superintendent for the employment (as long as they so desire) of all criminal prisoners sentenced to simple imprisonment;
but no prisoner not sentenced to rigorous imprisonment shall be punished for neglect of work excepting by such alteration in the scale of diet as may be established by the rules of the prison in the case of neglect of work by such a prisoner.
1 [36-A. Remuneration of Prisoners.- (1) Every convicted criminal prisoners employed for labour in prison and working satisfactorily shall be entitled to get such remuneration as may be prescribed bt the State Government :
Provided that out of the amount payable to a convicted criminal prisoner under this sub-section, an amount not exceeding 20 per cent thereof shall be deducted and be paid as compensation to the deserving victims of the offence committed by that prisoner.
(2) All deduction made under sub- section (1) shall be credited to a common fund to be created for the purpose.
(3) The creation of the fund, credit of amount therein and the operation thereof shall be regulated in such manner as may be prescribed.]
CHAPTER VIII HEALTH OF PRISONERS