State of Jails in India - Key Issues
With this post, we would like to discuss issues with the current state of Jails/Prisons in India.
In India, majority of the people remain in prison pending trial or conviction. Statistics from Human Rights Initiative reveal that over 65% of the prisoners are under-trials and they may continue to be held in overcrowded prisons for years. The occupancy in prisons exceeds by 41.4% over and above its sanctioned capacity. A huge majority of these under-trial prisoners are poor. They are denied bail for want of monetary security. And trials take years. Often, they have no lawyers, live in pathetic conditions, do not have access to adequate medical care, and are likely to be tortured or exploited in many ways.
With this post, you may share every issue that you are familiar with including prison oversight, management etc as well as systemic issues that exist.
We will review the root causes and solutions separately to put together a whitepaper that can be shared with the key stakeholders for actions.
We look forward to your inputs!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta more