(1) New Prison buildings a f t e r co m m en c em e n t o f t h e s e r u l e s shall have to be constructed with the following norms and old prison buildings shall as far as possible modified or renovate to fulfill the said norms, namely:-
(a) the minimum dimension of the main gate and second gate of all the closed prisons shall be three meters in width and four meters in height;
(b) dimension of main and rear gates shall be so wide that in case of fire exigencies a fire tender, a bore well rig to dig bore well a lorry to transport raw material or logs for factory and ration articles shall be able to pass through these gates;
(c) the gate shall be made of a strong steel frame having vertical round or square steel bars of twenty five millimeters diameter or thickness;
(d) each gate shall have a wicket gate of at least of 0.6 meters in width and 1.5 meters in height;
(e) the main gate and the wicket gates shall have strong locking arrangements from inside and both gates shall have arrangements for easy opening and closing of shutters;
(f) the gates shall be covered with iron sheet from outside up to the height of two and half meters;
(g) the wicket gates shall have peepholes covered with lead at eye level;
(h) the main gate may be painted with colours identical to that of departmental flag if prescribed by the Government;
(i) space between two gates shall not be less than twelve meters in length and five meters in width to facilitate gate operations and it shall have the following facilities; namely : —
(i) a cabin;
(ii) search room, and
(iii) space for security equipments;
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(j) entry to the prison shall only be through the main gate and all other entry points, if existing, shall be closed permanently.
(2) There shall be a properly designed administrative block for each category of prison and the said block shall be located adjacent to the main gate and shall have office rooms, record rooms, conference hall, common rooms, enquiry cabins and control rooms, interview rooms for male and female prisoners for efficient functioning of the administration.
(3) So far as other units are concerned, the following norms are to be followed, namely:-
(a) a court room may also be constructed inside the Jail separately to dispose of cases of under-trials involved in petty offences;
(b) the reception unit shall have necessary facilities for proper implementation of admission-quarantine and orientation classification programmes and physical facilities shall be set up in accordance with the number and type of inmates to be received and the programme to be followed for proper segregation of various types of inmates;
(c) for the purpose of housing, all accommodation provided for use of prisoners, particularly for sleeping, shall meet basic requirements of healthy living and due regard shall be paid to climatic conditions, cubic contents of air, minimum floor space, lighting and ventilation.
(4) There shall be four types of living accommodations as mentioned below, namely:-
(a) barracks with accommodation for not more than eighty prisoners;
(b) single room accommodation for prisoners needing privacy for pursuing studies, if possible;
(c) cells for segregation of prisoners for the purpose of security and contagious diseases;
(d) provision for separate accommodation for transgender prisoners;
(e) the norms of prison building shall be applicable for construction of new building/additional wards, as the case may be and if required, the existing prison building shall be modified subject to budgetary provision;
(5)The minimum accommodation capacity of dormitories or barracks, cells and hospitals per prisoner shall ordinarily be according to the following scale, namely:- Sleeping Barracks Cells Hospitals 1 2 3 Sq. mtrs of ground areas Cu. mtrs of air space Sq. mtrs of lateral ventilation Sq. mtrs of Ground areas Cu.
Mtrs of air space Sq. mtrs of lateral ventilation Sq. Mtrs of ground area Cu. Mtrs of air space
3.71 15.83 1.12 8.92 33.98 2.23 5.58 23.75
(6) Over the door of every ward there shall be an inscription either in letters painted on the wall or on a tablet of wood or metal, showing the class of prisoners for which it is intended, the number of cubic and superficial feet it contains and the number of prisoners which it is capable of accommodating.
(7) Temporary accommodation shall be provided for any prisoners in excess of this number and care shall be taken to see that the Lock-up Register shows the accommodation available in each ward, so as to enable the Superintendent to judge at a glance whether any particular ward is overcrowded or not.
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(8) The height of the main or perimeter wall shall be eighteen feet with electric wire fencing and all corners shall be rounded.
(9) Partition walls around female wards shall be eleven feet high with concertina wire fencing and in other cases it must be eight feet.
(10) No building shall be nearer than fifty meter from the main wall and in the case of doublestoried buildings, the distance from the main wall must be thirty meter.
(11) No inside building, latrine, shed, etc. shall be built against an outer wall and all such buildings must be fifty feet away from the wall.
(12) An individual secure storage compartment sufficient in size to hold personal belongings of the prisoners shall be provided to each prisoner.
(13) The barracks and cells shall be constructed on the following norms mentioned below, namely:-
(a) if a barrack is flat-roofed, there shall be ceiling ventilation that is, opening at intervals close to the junction of wall and ceiling 30 x 12.5 meters and if the barrack is gable-roofed, there shall be a ridge ventilator having the minimum height of roofs or ceilings not less than ten feet from the floor;
(b) the floor of the barrack shall be made of impermeable material such as cement concrete;
(c) in prisons situated in cold regions or during cold seasons, appropriate flooring should be provided to ensure habitable conditions in the barracks;
(d) all barracks shall, if possible, be provided with verandas not less than two meters in width;
(e) though ventilation of the sleeping barracks is of the greatest importance, prisoners shall not be permitted to close the windows and ventilation openings with shutters or curtains at their discretion;
(f) in new barracks, the ventilating area per head will be half a window and the standard grated window shall be 7 feet x 3 ½ feet, half a window will mean 1 square meter;
(g) the ventilation shall, however, be controlled according to the season wherever necessary or otherwise the barracks shall be too cold and damp during winter and rainy season;
(h) the structural arrangements of fittings and fixtures and locking devices of barracks shall be secure enough to prevent escapes and the existing wooden frames of the doors, windows and ventilators if any shall be replaced by iron or steel frames;
(i) the iron bars used in doors, windows and ventilators shall be of twenty five millimeter diameter and the clear distance between two bars shall be of seven and half centimeter;
(j) a barrack shall have only one door of 2.2’ x 1 meter and shall have a single shutter;
(k) the door of the barrack shall have clear opening of 1 meter and the iron frame be made of angle- iron of minimum of ten millimeter thickness and should open in outer side of barrack;
(l) sufficient artificial light shall be provided to enable the prisoners to work and read without difficulty in their barracks after dusk;
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(m) each barrack shall be provided with a first-aid kit which will be in the custody of an authorized prisoner and the first-aid kits supplied to each barrack should not have any sharp-edged items, long gauze rolls or tapes or other such items;
(n) a looking mirror may be fixed outside each barrack for use of prisoners and a wall clock may be fixed inside each barrack;
(o) adequate fire safety systems must be installed in the barracks or cells;
(p) the barrack shall be free from tobacco, smoke and excessive noise;
(q) each barrack or cell shall be provided with a flush toilet;
(r) there shall be thorough ventilation of every cell and at the back of the cell, there may be a clerestory window;
(s) the floor of the cell shall be made of impermeable material;
(t) each cell shall have a yard attached to it where a prisoner can have the benefit of sufficient air and light; and
(u) each cell shall be provided with a flush latrine and the existing cells shall not be put into use till this facility is provided therein.
CHAPTER III HEADQUARTERS ORGANISATION