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Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998)

Chapter III : Custody of all Inmates under Conditions of Human Dignity

Part A : General requirements

8. Nutrition

 

1) Each inmate must be provided with an adequate diet to promote good health, as prescribed in the regulations.

 

2) Such diet must make provision for the nutritional requirements of children, pregnant women and any other category of inmates whose physical condition requires a special diet.

 

3) Where reasonably practicable, dietary regulations must take into account religious requirements and cultural preferences.

 

4) The correctional medical practitioner may order a variation in the prescribed diet for an inmate and the intervals at which the food is served, when such a variation is required for medical reasons.

 

5) Food must be well prepared and served at intervals of not less than four and a half hours and not more than six and a half hours, except that there may be an interval of not more than 14 hours between the evening meal and breakfast.

 

6) Clean drinking water must be available to every inmate.