Prison Reforms – Recommendations made by the Committee(s) constituted by Supreme Court – Overcrowding in jails; capacity enhancement; welfare of women prisoners and children in prisons etc. – Status reports filed by the States of Bihar, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Odisha and Kerala in terms of directions issued vide order dtd. 23.04.2024 – Recommendations made by Amicus Curiae as regards additional wards; upgradation of other necessary infrastructure like sanitation facility, kitchen, staff etc. to meet the additional needs; such infrastructural improvement and their upgradation; pending approvals:
Held: In terms of recommendations of Amicus Curiae, specific directions issued to the States/UTs – Additional affidavits personally affirmed by the Chief Secretary of the State/UT concerned be filed – Affidavits to address all issues including inmate-capacity enhancement/augmentation and creation of posts of wardens/cooks/doctors/various jail staff etc. – Pending approvals for sanction of projects or identification of suitable land, to be brought to their logical conclusion within the period as directed – Further, for creating facilities in prisons, common specifications/parameters may be in terms prescribed by and under the Model Prison Manual 2016 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. [Paras 36-38, 41]
As published in the Supreme Court Reports, Supreme Court of India. Headnotes prepared by: Divya Pandey (1997) 3 SCC 642 [1966] 1 SCR 702 : AIR 1966 SC 424 [1975] 2 SCR 24 : (1975) 3 SCC 185 Order dated 05.02.2016. Order dated 03.10.2016. Judgment dated 15.09.2017. Order dated 25.09.2018.. Text from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments open data set (Dattam Labs), CC BY 4.0.
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