that the Court may specify some common/ uniform parameters for States/UTs to create facilities in prisons. This suggestion is mer- ited. To begin with, specifications/parameters for jails may be in terms prescribed by and Page 15 of 17under the Model Prison Manual 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘MPM’) issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. 39. Learned Senior counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh has submitted that as per the parameters in its latest Jail Manual5, the average area per prisoner is more than what is provided for in the MPM. It is canvassed that if the MPM specification is applied, then the capacity of prisons in Uttar Pradesh would increase substantially, with the current infrastructure alone. 40. We may note that perhaps mere existence of a large campus area would not per se mean that the capacity has been enhanced or augmented. What is required to be seen is that whether the requisite facilities for each individual prisoner are adequate in