RTI answer : Convicts serving jail terms despite completing their sentences decreed by court & no action by authorities to scrutinized the status of the prisoners in last five years. =============================================== I filed a RTI plea to check my viewpoint that overcrowding in jail was a result of "unnecessary and unjustified arrests" coupled with slow judicial process. The RTI petition dated 04-10-09 is available at given link – http://aishwaryaj.hpage.com/rti_petition_re_u_p_jails_to_home_04oct09_27384349.html There was the problem of overcrowding with a total prison population of 83,805 against the authorized capacity of 44,439, partial reply by the department of Jail Administration and Reform Services to my RTI petition revealed that the overall overcrowding ratio was 1.89, the information released also indicated that in majority of the jails the occupancy was almost double the sanctioned strength. K B Joshi, Research Officer, department of Jail Administration and Reform Services department asked for more time on the pretext of collecting the relevant data to furnish rest of the info. Subsequently I filed first appeal on 15-11-09 followed by the second appeal in UPSIC on 23-12-09 against receipt no. 62491 . Case no. S1-38/A/09 got registered in UPSIC and was heard by UPCIC Ranjit Singh Pankaj on 12-01-10 & 27-04-10 . I was absent in all hearings . I filed a rejoinder / objection letter on 31-05-10 which is available at given link- http://aishwaryaj.hpage.com/rejoinder_case_s1_38_a_09_dtd_31_may_10_27118766.html On 01-11-10 , Rajendra Prasad , The PIO of Jail Administration and Reform Services again sent partial info vide letter no. 29952 / ja. Su. Cell-801 which is available at given link – http://file1.hpage.com/000223/57/bilder/pio_reply_01nov10_re_rejoinder31may10.jpg With abovementioned letter , the PIO has annexed letter dated 26-10-10 issued under signature of M.L. Prakash , ADG Jail Administration and Reform Services which is available at given link – http://file1.hpage.com/000223/57/bilder/adg_jail_reply_26oc10t_re_rti_04oct09.jpg Letter of M.L. Prakash , ADG Jail Administration and Reform Services has one letter no. 3138/07(62)/2010 dated 15 October 2010 bearing signature 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. I am writing to NHRC to take action against the defaulters officials. The letter is available at given link – http://file1.hpage.com/000223/57/bilder/annexure_to_adg_jail_reply_26oct10_refer_pt._1.jpg This is even more painful to see that letter no. 3138/07(62)/2010 dated 15 October 2010 of M.L.Prakash ADG Jail Administration and Reforms has flatly written " NIL INFORMATION " against point no. 4 of my RTI plea which was humane-centric reading "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 other things in last full five years. I am writing to CM and Governor to take action and ensure that at least the department should prove some worth of its name or delete the words " administration and reforms " from the department's name.
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