women's enclosure shall during the day time be in the possession of
the women warder when she is on duty. The entrance door of the
women's ward shall be locked on the outside by the head warder
who shall keep the key. The entrance door of the ward shall also be
locked on the inside by the women warder.
(ii) Before leaving the women's enclosure, the woman
warder shall lock all the prisoners into their sleeping wards or
workshops and having done so, shall look the door of the main
entrance and make over the keys to the Deputy Superintendent.
(iii) When the woman warder leaves the ward, the main
entrance door shall be locked on the outside by two locks. The key
of one of these locks will be handed over by the woman warder
alongwith other keys to the Deputy Superintendent. The key of the
other lock will remain by day in the custody of the head warder on
duty and by night at the main gate.
Location of women's prison.
Rule321. (i) Women's Prison shall be located away from
men's prison. The charge of the office of the Superintendent may
be held by the Superintendent of the neighboring prison as an
additional duty, but the supervisory, custodial and instructional
staff shall all be females. Duties of gatekeeper and guarding of
main wall from outside may be performed by male warders.
(ii) No male official or visitor shall enter the women's
unless accompanied by the Lady Deputy/Assistant Superintendent.
(iii) Only ladies shall be appointed as non-official visitors
for the women's Prison.
Women prisoners in an advanced stage of pregnancy.
Rule322. The case of every woman prisoner in. an
advanced stage of pregnancy shall be reported to the InspectorGeneral for reference to the Government with a view to the
suspension and remission of her sentence or otherwise. A full
statement of the case by a lady doctor shall accompany the report.
Child birth in prison.
Rule323. As far as possible a child birth in prison shall be
avoided, but if this is not possible, the services of a lady Medical
Officer or failing it a qualified midwife shall be requisitioned. In
districts where there is a maternity and child welfare centre, the
authorities incharge of such centre shall be requested to depute a
lady doctor or a qualified midwife to attend cases of confinement in
the women's ward. No charge may be made for the service of a lady
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