Section 128 in Delhi Prisons (Transfer of Prisoner, Labour and Jail Industry, Food, Clothings and Sanitation) Rules, 1988
128. Sleeping berths in wards.
- Every ward or other compartment intended for the accommodation of prisoners by night, shall be provided with masonry sleeping berths, equal in number to the capacity of the ward according to the prescribed scale. Each berth shall be 2 metres long, 0.69 metre broad and 46 cms. high and shall be constructed with a slight slope down from the head. The head of each berth shall be on the opposite side to the heads of the berths (if any) on either side of it. The space between every two berths shall, ordinarily, not be less than 0.61 metres.
