West Bengal prisons are goverened by the West Bengal Correctional Services Act, 1992
Important Information
Ongoing Reforms
Women & Children
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Antiscorbutics :
| A. | Chutney of tomato/green mango/ green olive (Jalpai)/hog-plum (amra) according to availability in the season once in a week will be provided to all prisoners in their lunch for which additional quantity of the following articles will be issued along with 25 gms. of any of the aforesaid antiscorbutics per prisoner per week. Chutney will be served on the day when no animal protein in served to the prisoners. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B. | All prisoners will get 20 gms. of mustard oil per prisoner per day. This does not include the additional quantity of mustard oil @ 3 gms. per prisoner to be issued on the days of cooking fish, meat, egg or soybeans and @ 0.25 gms. for making chutney. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C. | In addition to 15 gms. of velly goor per prisoner per week for making chutney, all prisoners will get 25 gms. of velly goor per prisoner per day. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diet of child staying in Correctional Home with mother :
The scale of diet for infants and the children aged from 1 to 6 years will be as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Up to 6 months | Food Groups | Food Item | 6-12 months | 1-3 Years | 4-6 Years |
| Exclusive Breast feeding If for some reason, the mother can not feed the baby, undiluted fresh milk of 600 ml shall be provided |
Cereals | Rice, Atta, Chir, Muri, Suji, Dalia, Bread etc. | 45 gms. | 120 gms | 210 gms. |
| Pulses | Musur Dal, Moog Dal, Chhatu etc. | 15 gms. | 30 gms. | 45 gms. | |
| Milk | Milk | Breast Milk & other milk 200 ml/500ml respectively | 500 ml. | 500 ml. | |
| Roots and Tubers | Potato, Carrot, Onion etc. | 50 gms. | 50 gms. | 100 gms. | |
| Green leafy vegetables | Notay Sag, Palang Sag etc. | 25 gms. | 50 gms. | 50 gms. | |
| Other vegetables | Bean, Papayas, Red Pumpkin | 25 gms. | 50 gms. | 50 gms. | |
| Flesh foods | Fish, Meat, Egg. | 25 gms. Fish in place of 15 gms. Pulses 2 days per week, ½ egg in place of 30 gms. Pulses 1 day per week. | 50 gms. Fish in place of gms. Pulses days per week and egg in place of 30 gms. pulses 1 day per week. | ||
| Fruit | Banana, Orange | 100 gms. | 100 gms. | 100 gms. | |
| Sugar | Velly goor/ Sugar | 25 gms. | 25 gms. | 30 gms. | |
| Fat & Oil | Oil, Butter etc. | 10 gms. | 20 gms. | 25 gms. | |
Scale of Medical diet for sick prisoners
The medical diet for the prisoners shall be of the following scale:
Sl. No |
Item |
Quantity |
Remarks |
| 1. | Milk | 500 ml. | |
| 2. | Biscuit | 4 Pcs. | |
| 3. | Tea | 10 gms | |
| 4. | Sugar | 50 gms | |
| 5. | Chana/muri/ Bread | 200 gms. | |
| 6. | Rice | 200 gms. | |
| 7. | Atta | 200 gms. | |
| 8. | Vegetable | 200 gms. | |
| 9. | Potato | 100 gms | |
| 10. | Dal | 60 gms. | |
| 11. | Edible Oil | 40 gms. | |
| 12. | Meat or Fish | 100 gms. & 150 gms. | |
| 13. | Egg | 1 Pc. | |
| 14. | Onion | 30 gms. | |
| 15. | Banana | 2 Pcs. | |
| 16. | S. Lemon | 1 Pc. | |
| 17. | P. Lemon | 1 Pc. | |
| 18. | Spices | 12 gms. | |
| 19. | Salt | 10 gms. | |
Diabetic Patients Diet |
Restricted Only To Diabetic Patients |
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| 1. | Bread/Chana /Muri | 100 gms. | |
| 2. | Rice | 150 gms. | |
| 3. | Atta | 150 gms, | |
| 4. | Cucumber | 2 Pcs. | |
| 5. | Vegetable | 150 gms. | |
| 6. | Karala | 50 gms. | |
| 7. | G. Papita | 100 gms. | |
For Those Who Do Not Consume Meat/Fish
Milk ….. 250 ml (i.e. total of 750 ml)
For Those Who Do Not Consume Egg /Meat/Fish
Milk ….. 500 ml (i.e. total of 1000 ml)
Other Amenities :
- There are Hospital Wards in all correctional homes of the State even in the subsidiary correctional homes.
- All types of inmates have access to get medical aid free of cost in correctional home hospital as well as in outside Government Hospital.
- There are Legal Aid clinics in all correctional homes of the State where a prisoner can get free legal counseling and may apply for appointment of lawyer.
- Facilities are available in the correctional homes for indoor and outdoor games.
- Inmates are provided television in the wards or correctional homes.
- They can take part in recreational and sporting activities organised by correctional home authorities.
- Facilities for vocational training are available almost in all the correctional homes apart from subsidiary correctional homes where mainly the UTPs are lodged.
- Adult Literacy classes are made available in all correctional homes of the State.
- The prisoners have access to library of the correctional home as well as to news papers / periodicals / journals.
- Self Help Groups have been formed in few central correctional homes where the convict prisoners are now earning by running canteen inside the correctional home
Work & Wages: The prisoners with rigorous imprisonment are required to put in labour in various trades in the correctional home. An under trial prisoner and convict with simple imprisonment are not allotted any work unless he so desires.
Prisoners are paid wages according to their labour, which is as follows (Vide modification of this Deptts Order No. 244-HJ/JL/O/4M-93/07 dt. 17.05.2007 & Concurrence of Finance (Audit) Deptt’s U.O No. 1799 Gr.-P(Services) dt. 10.08.2012, Memorandum being issued Vide no. 880-DCA/4M-16/12 dt. 17.08.2012)
| For Skilled Labour | Rs. 35/- per head daily |
| For Semi-skilled Labour | Rs. 30/- per head daily |
| For Un-Skilled Labour | Rs. 26/- per head daily |