SP of a prison about a raid in advance, but notified the SP as a courtesy when commencing the raid. The SP in charge of this unit had the power to assign officers from one prison to conduct raids in another prison. Any banned items that were confiscated during raids along with a list of the items so confiscated were given to the SP of the prison if the raid was conducted upon the request of the SP. The confiscated items and the list were given to the police/CID if the raid was requested by such authority, and a copy of the list was also given to the SP of the relevant prison. The cash seized during such raids was credited to the state account, and the drugs and phones handed over to the relevant police station through the SP of Intelligence and Defence Unit. The police conduct an inquiry and prosecute the prisoner if contraband, such as drugs, was found in the possession of such prisoner and the drugs were handed over to the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (hereinafter referred to as NDDCB). This unit was disbanded on 26 July 2018 and normal prison officers were assigned to perform the duties previously performed by the Unit. The Special Task Force (hereinafter referred to as STF) of police was assigned to certain prisons, such as ACP, to perform the duties of Bandha Police officers. Eventually, the unit was reconstituted and is currently functioning in several prisons. 6. Conditions of detention and daily routine of prisoners 6.1. The living spaces There are two types of areas for the accommodation of prisoners - wards and cells. A ward is a large hall where multiple prisoners are detained, and some prisoners mark their sleeping space on the floor with water cans or empty bottles. These marked spaces are known as ‘borders’ in prison parlance. The second kind of space are cells which are designed for individual prisoners but currently house between three to eight prisoners in most prisons due to overcrowding. There are cells which are designated “special” and are used to detain individual prisoners who are thought to be high security prisoners, or whose lives maybe under threat, for example due to death threats from rival gangs. In some prisons, individual cells are used as punishment cells to detain inmates who commit disciplinary offences, while some prisons have separate punishment cells. 6.2. The general structure of a prison ward Usually a normal ward has one entrance, while a ward with cells has individual iron doors for each cell and one iron gate at the entrance to the ward. Some wards have a TV placed in a common area of the ward, such as the corridor in between the cells of a ward with cells. The belongings of the prisoners are either kept in plastic bags on the floor of the ward close to the wall or hanged from the iron grill of the walls. There might be, on rare occasions, one or more ceiling fan/s or rotating fan/s in wards. The toilets and bathing areas are available in the wards, i.e. often at the end of the ward, but almost always not available in individual 33