(1) The employment and production policy in prison should be designed to cater to the needs of prisoners coming from both rural and urban areas and the emphasis should be on the kinds of skills and jobs that would ensure employment, or self- employment when the inmate is released from prison.
(2) A "Board of Work Programme and Vocational Training", under the chairmanship of Inspector General of Prisons, shall be set up at the Prison Headquarters and vested with administrative and full fiscal powers and the function of the Board shall be to:—
(a) plan and implement programmes of work and vocational training;
(b) arrange funds required to run such programmes;
(c) fix a policy of production;
(d) examine the economic aspects of the work programmes,
(e) put prison work, programmes on a sound commercial footing;
(f) ensure coordination at all levels;
(g) evaluate the performance of the work programme each institution;
(h) introduce practices and procedures of modern management of production;
(i) guide, supervise, direct and control all matters relating to institutional work programmes and vocational training;
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(j) organize workshops in after-care homes for discharged prisoners;
(k) promote marketing of prison products;
(l) quality of product is to be tested so that products would not be kept in store for years together; and
(m) in consultation with the Industry Department Rajasthan may identify certain trades as suitable for the inmates to be trained in so that once they are released, they may be gainfully employed.
(3) Government departments, semi-government organizations, cooperatives societies and public undertakings shall purchase articles produced in prison industries as per their requirements from the Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services.
(4) The provisions of GF&AR for the purchase of raw material, consumable articles, tools and equipment shall be followed to eliminate chances of misappropriation or waste.
(5) A policy shall be laid down for the employment of selected prisoners in public sector undertakings, co-operative farms of the State, and agro-based industries organized in the co-operative sector when they are released from prison.