Section 260: Classification and separation

The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022State Rules of Rajasthan · 1894

As far as possible women prisoners shall be classified and kept separately as mentioned below:- भाग 4 (ग) राजस्ााू राज-पत्र दिसम् बर 12 2022 550

(a) the under trial prisoners shall be kept completely separated from convicted offenders, even when their number is small;

(b) the habitual prisoners shall be separated from casual offenders;

(d) adolescent girls should not be confined with adult women prisoners; and

(e) political and civil prisoners shall be kept separately from convicts and under-trial prisoners.

Note: (i) No prisoner or under-trial prisoner, mentally ill shall be kept in the prison;

(ii) If any such prisoner are there, they shall be immediately transferred to appropriate mental health institutions; and

(iii) No classification of prisoners shall be allowed on grounds of socioeconomic status, caste or class.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section	260
Marginal note	Classification and separation
Jurisdiction	State of Rajasthan
Status	In force as published by the source

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