(1)The Government shall adequately provide for the diversification of institutional resources to cater to the differential requirements of prisoners in terms of custody and correction.
(2) The factors to be considered shall include age, sex, legal status of the prisoner, nature of crime, length of sentence, security requirements, state of health and correctional needs.
(3) Such a course implies the setting up of separate institutional facilities for different categories of prisoners, such as,-
(a) Prisons or annexes or yards for under-trial prisoners;
(b) Maximum security prisons or annexes or yards for security risk prisoners and habitual or hardened offenders;
(c) Open camp prisons;
(d) Prisons or annexes or enclosures for women prisoners;
(e) Prisons or annexes or yards for young offenders;
(f) Prisons or annexes or yards for those suffering from infectious diseases;
(g) Prisons or annexes or yards for drug addicts; and भाग 4 (ग) राजस्ााू राज-पत्र दिसम् बर 12 2022 494
(h) Prisons or annexes or yards for transgender.