ANDA CELL

About:

• An anda (egg) cell is a high-security prison cell, so called because of its oblong shape.
  
  
• Only central prisons across India have anda cells, built by the Public Works Department (PWD).
  
  
• The cells are specially designed to secure high-risk prisoners, with the oblong shape providing a better view while monitoring and patrolling.
  
  
• There are two security cordons, inner and outer. Each cell opens inward into an open space, where inmates are allowed out in turns during specific hours.
  
  
• More prison officers and staff are posted in anda cells than in ordinary barracks. Every staff member entering or exiting has to sign a register, where their details are noted. The size of the cell in different prisons depends on the number of inmates kept there.