Counseling facilities shall be extended to the prisoners as follows:-
(a) The mental health status of a prisoner shall be studied before his classification at the time of admission in the prison and prisoners certified as mentally ill shall not be confined in prisons and instead appropriate measures shall be taken for their transfer to special institutions;
(b) Professionally qualified counselors shall be engaged by the prison department to provide counseling to the needy prisoners, particularly those suffering from substance- related addictive disorders and victims of abuse;
(c) Proper and regular evaluation of prisoner’s mental health shall be done to enable the requisite psycho social support services by the Prison Department;
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(d) Severe mental disorders shall require appropriate psychiatric treatment and dealt under the provisions of the Mental Health Act, 1987 (Central Act No. 14 of 1987).