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State of Haryana - Section

Section 557A in Punjab Jail Manual

557A. Provision of writing materia.

(1)Writing material including service postcards and service stamps shall be supplied to convicts, undertrials and civil prisoners on the following scale :-
(i) Better class convicted criminal prisoners One service stamp once a month.
(ii) Other convicts One service postcard once a month,
(iii) Better class unconvicted criminal prisoners One service stamp once a fortnight.
(iv) Other unconvicted criminal prisoners and civil prisoners One service postcard once a fortnight.
(2)Expenses of postage for additional letters, permissible under the rules shall be borne by the prisoners themselves.
(3)All letters shall be written at such time and place as the Superintendent may appoint. Fixed days of the week preferably Sunday and Thursday shall be set apart for letter writing.