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State of Punjab - Section

Section 887 in Punjab Jail Manual, 1996

887. Capacity of wards and cells.

- The accommodation capacity of wards, cells, and other compartments intended for occupation by prisoners, shall ordinarily be regulated by the scale of superficial and cubical space and lateral ventilation prescribed in respect of each prisoner as shown in the following table: -
  Wards orWorkshops   Cells     Hospitals
Class of prisoner and locality of jail Square feet of ground area Cubic feet of air space. Square feet of lateral ventilation Square feet of ground area Cubic feet of air space. Square feet of lateral ventilation Square feet of ground area. Cubic feet of air space Square feet of lateral ventilation.
Jails In The Plains.
Indians 45 540 12 96 1248 15 54 702 12
Note 1. - In calculating the cubic-space no account should be taken of any air space above 13 feet and in no case should the height exceed 15 feet.Note 2. - No building should be nearer than 16 feet to an enclosure wall.Note 3. - Lateral ventilation openings in barracks and hospital wards should be placed between the berths and should extend down to the floor level. Openings will only be fitted with iron-gratings.Note 4. - Shutters for Doors & Windows shall be provided to the barracks, cells and hospitals in jails to protect the prisoners from rain and cold. The shutters will be fixed outside the iron gratings.Note 5. - Each barrack should be provided with a cage latrine as per Plan No. 3 of the Report of the Indian Jails Committee 1919-1920. A verandah should also be provided at least on one side of each barrack for use by the prisoners when eating their meals and for holding classes.Note 6. - Berths 6' x 2' should be provided in all barracks and in ground floor cells and must not be provided in condemned cells. These will be 18" high on the ground floor, but in upper floors the height can be reduced to 6" or the berths made of hollow construction.Note 7. - Arrangements of two locks are required on condemned cells, but single lock is all that is required for other cells. Combined locking arrangements for cells are unnecessary.