(1) Cultural and recreational activities shall be organized in all institutions for maintaining the mental and physical health of prisoners and as these activities are the basic elements of rehabilitation programmes for prisoners, they shall form the integral part of an institutional regime.
(2) Recreational and cultural activities shall be organised depending upon various conditions such as availability of space, the climate and weather, composition of inmates and arrangements for security.
(3) Such activities shall include,-
(a) Outdoor games like, Cricket, kabaddi, wrestling, volley ball, badminton, football and basket-ball;
(b) Gymnastics;
(c) Indoor games like Chess, Ludo, Carom, ring-ball and skipping;
(d) Film Shows screening historical, patriotic, biographical, scientific and educational films, travelogues, documentaries, newsreel, and films dealing with social themes should be shown and films depicting crime, sex, violence, suspense and such other subjects that may have a damaging effect on the minds of the inmates and should not be shown to them.
(e) Each Central and District prison, should have facilitates for showing films to the prisoners or inmates and a library of good films should be developed at the headquarters of the Inspector General and those films shall be circulated to various institutions;
(f) Close liaison should be established between the Inspector General and the Films Division Department of Information and Broadcasting, Film and Television Institutions, Film Societies and other organizations which can supply good films for the inmates;
(g) Music has a special significance in the confined atmosphere of a prison, it can bring relief to lonely, distressed and unhappy inmates, it can relieve boredom and promote interest in institutional programmes and music programmes shall consist of radio music, recorded music, group singing, folk music, instrumental music and orchestra;
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(h) Community and folk dances: Group and Folk dances shall be performed on festivals and social occasions;
(i) Drama with useful social values and models of behaviour can be presented before the inmates through dramatic performances and dramas dealing with social problems, pageants, musical dramas, tableau, soliloquies, dialogues, radio plays and humorous skits shall be performed for the benefit of inmates and inmates themselves may be encouraged to take part, and organize these activities;
(j) Arts and crafts can play an important role in imparting useful values to prisoners; the prisoners can maintain their individuality through these activities and such activities can also serve as supportive therapeutic measures in the monotonous life of a prison;
(k) Prisoners shall be provided with necessary facilities for pottery, basket making, wood carving, carpentry, marquetry and veneer, wood turning, fret-work, leather- work, home decoration, lamp-shade making, metalcraft, plastics, toy-making, artificial flower making, horn-craft, claymodeling, lacquer-work, drawing, painting, stenciling, paper-craft, papiermâché, rug-making, felt- work, knitting, embroidery, needle-work or crochet;
(l) Inmates shall be encouraged to read books, newspapers and magazines and group reading and guided reading shall also be encouraged; and
(m) Television is the biggest entertainer for prisoners and the channels to be shown, and their timings, should be carefully selected by the Superintendent of Prison.
(4) Every prison and allied institution shall have an annual sports or cultural meet. Inter- Institution and Inter-State sports meets of inmates should also be organised and the sports groups from outside may be invited into the prison for playing various games with the prisoners.
(5) Yoga and meditation shall be daily practiced for which the hours should be fixed and permanent centres of meditation may be opened inside the prison and the services of Non-Governmental Organisations (N.G.Os) may be availed in this regard and it shall be ensured that discourses during meditation sessions are secular in nature.
(6) Well known personalities in the fields of art, sports, literature, culture and music shall be invited to the prison as guests on various occasions to inspire the prisoners and be role-models for them.
(7) There shall be a play ground for outdoor games and a community hall for cultural programmes in every prison.
(8) Different kind of shops shall be constructed in jail precincts wherever possible and the convict prisoners who are allowed to maintain the shops should be given chance for transfer to open air prison.