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Section 504: Treatment of prisoners in the cells

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

(1) A strict watch shall be kept over all prisoners confined in the cells to prevent them committing suicide or injuring themselves.

(2) Every mentally ill or suspected mentally ill prisoner, suspected of suicidal tendencies under medical observation in the cells shall be carefully watched both by day and night.

(3) During the day, specially selected convict officers may be detailed for this purpose in the proportion of not more than one convict officer to every three adjacent cells.

(4) Such convict officers shall be placed under the immediate orders of the warder in charge and they shall be instructed as to the character and possible tendencies of their charges and shall be warned to give immediate information to the warder in charge of any symptom of a suspicious nature exhibited by the prisoners under their observation and they shall be placed outside the cells.

(5) A prisoner sent to a cell for medical observation shall be frequently visited by the warder on duty, who shall send information to the Medical Officer of any change which may take place in the prisoner’s condition and during the time that the prisoner is under observation, he shall receive such food as the Medical Officer may consider necessary.

(6) In case of sickness immediate notice shall be given by the guard to the Head Warder on duty by passing the ward from sentry to sentry.

(7) The Head Warder shall at once report the case to the Medical Officer, who shall visit the cell, and if necessary, remove the prisoner to hospital, and inform the Superintendent and Jailor immediately.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section504
Marginal noteTreatment of prisoners in the cells
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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