| Inhumane & insensitive behavior of UP jail authorities make jails hell for inmates Convicts serving jail terms despite completing their sentences decreed by court in U.P. , Jail authorities admit no action to scrutinized the status of the prisoners in last five years.
RTI filed by Member of Lucknow based Social organization " YAISHWARYAJ " revealed that the overcrowding in jails is the result of "unnecessary and unjustified arrests" coupled with slow judicial process. The RTI petition dated 04-10-09 was sent to Home Department of Uttar Pradesh Government. RTI reply by the department of Jail Administration and Reform Services revealed that Uttar Pradesh Jails are overcrowded with a total prison population of 83,805 against the authorized capacity of 44,439 means a overcrowding ratio of 1.89 . The information released also indicated that in majority of the jails the occupancy was almost double the sanctioned strength.
On one of the other points Rajendra Prasad , The PIO of Jail Administration and Reform Services sent information annexing a letter of M.L. Prakash , ADG Jail Administration and Reform Services which shows the inhumane and insensitive approach of the concerned authorities towards the jail-inmates .
Letter of M.L. Prakash , ADG Jail Administration and Reform Services has one letter of A.K.Panda ,Police D.I.G. ( Jails ) – Meerut Zone as a annexure which states that two convicts were serving jail terms despite completing their sentences decreed by court . " This is highly inhumane & insensitive behavior of jail authorities of U. P. and gross violation of Human Rights by U. P. Jail authorities with the state being a mute spectator. We are writing to National Human Rights Commission to take action against the defaulters officials " said Usha , one of the members .
This is even more painful that RTI reply of M.L.Prakash ADG Jail Administration and Reforms states " NIL INFORMATION " against the required info that reads "Certified copies containing details of actions taken by state government in last five years to scrutinized the status of all the prisoners jailed in all the jails of Uttar Pradesh , "
" This is a shameful paradox where the department meant to bring reforms in jails has done NOTHING even to scrutinized the status of all the prisoners , not to say of any other reforms , in last full five years so our group " YAISHWARYAJ " shall send memorandum to CM and Governor of Uttar Pradesh to take action and ensure that at least the department should prove some worth of its name or the Government should delete the words " administration and reforms " from this department's name " said Ram Prakash . |
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