4. Accommodation for prisoners.—The State Government shall provide for
the prisoners in the territories under such Government, accommodation in prisons
constructed and regulated in such manner as to comply with the requisitions of this
Act in respect of the separation of prisoners.
COMMENT
Direction to consider question of introducing more open air prisons.- For the
greater good of the society which consists in seeing that the inmates of jail come out
not as a hardened criminal but as a reformed person no management problem is
insurmountable. [Rama Murthy v. State of Karnataka, 1997 Cri Lj 1508 at 1518 (SC):
AIR 1997 SC 1739: 1997 AIR SCW 929]
5. Inspector General.—1
[(1)] An Inspector General shall be appointed for the
territories subject to each State Government, and shall exercise, subject to the orders
of the State Government, the general control and superintendence of all prisons
situated in the territories under such Government.
2
[(2)] The State Government may also appoint one or more Deputy InspectorGeneral of Prisons, and they shall perform such of the function of the InspectorGeneral under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force as may be
entrusted to them by or under the rules made under this Act]
NOTIFICATION
Notification No. 4182 IXXII-423-81,, dated 22nd October, 1981 and
published in the U.P Gazette, dated 22nd October, 1981.- In exercise of the power
under sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the Prisons Act, 1894, the Governor is pleased
to appoint, with effect from the date of publication of this notification, all the District
Magistrate in Uttar Pradesh except the District Magistrate in Uttar Pradesh and except
the District Magistrate of district Chamoli3 , Ghaziabad, Kanpur Dehat, Pithorgarh 3
and Uttarkarshi3
, ex officio Deputy Inspector-General of Prison within the local limits
of the area within which they exercise jurisdiction.
6. Officers of prisons.—For every prison there shall be a Superintendent, a
Medical Officer (who may also be the Superintendent), a Medical Subordinate, a
Jailor and such other officers as the State Government thinks necessary :
Provided that the State Government of Bombay may declare by order in
writing that in any prison specified in the order the office of Jailer shall be held by the
person appointed to be Superintendent.
7. Temporary accommodation for prisoners.—Whenever it appears to the
Inspector-General that the number of prisoners in any prison is greater than can
conveniently or safely be kept therein, and it is not convenient to transfer the excess
number to some other prison, or whenever from the outbreak of epidemic disease
within any prison, or for any other reason, it is desirable to provide for the temporary
shelter and safe custody of any prisoners, provision shall be made by such officer and
in such manner as the State Government may direct, for the shelter and safe custody
in temporary prisons of so many of the prisoners as cannot be conveniently or safely
kept in the prison.