Inmates at Kanchanpur Prison had raised issues ranging from exemptions after serving a certain period of imprisonment, to transfers and skills-based training.
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The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the Parliament has monitored the Kanchanpur Jail in Mahendranagar. The monitoring was carried out by a parliamentary team including the chief of the district's security agency on Friday.
During the monitoring, the team discussed the legal to practical and housing problems faced by the prisoners. During the discussion, the prisoners raised issues ranging from the problems they are facing in their accommodation due to the dilapidated building to the legal problems they are facing.
'You never know when bricks will fall from the roof at night, water leaks from the tarpaulin during the rain, and it is not possible to sleep peacefully,' said Dan Singh Thukrathi, a prisoner in the Kanchanpur Jail in Mahendranagar, who was with the committee team. 'We are very vulnerable inside the old dilapidated building.' Not only this, it is also very difficult to live in the hot summer due to the problem of electricity. When it rains, there is also the risk of getting electrocuted due to bare wires.'
He raised problems before the parliamentary team, including not only the dilapidated building but also the lack of necessary equipment for activities ranging from yoga to sports, and the lack of allowances received by prisoners. He raised problems such as not receiving free medicines for health treatment and the difficulty of receiving treatment due to lack of expenses.
Not only Thakurathi, but also the problems of prisoners inside the prison, including the exemptions they receive after serving a certain period of imprisonment, transfers and skill-based training. ‘I have served more time in prison than the court has prescribed, but the amount has not been completed yet,’ he told the team, ‘We are suffering due to such small problems.’
‘What is the condition of prisons across the country? What is the living situation like, what should the government do, what should the local administration do?’ Monitoring team member Rekha Kumari Yadav said, ‘We will understand everything and give instructions to the government along with a report.’ She said that many prisoners are living in prison due to legal problems and that necessary legal reforms should be made for that.
‘The prison should be developed as a reformatory, and the human rights of the prisoners should also be taken care of,’ said another member Surendra Chaudhary, ‘The prisoners should be given skill-based training and made able to integrate into the community even after their release from prison.’
According to the prison administration, there are currently 389 prisoners in the prison. The prison administration has stated that 87 prisoners who escaped during the Genji movement are yet to return.
Another MP from the monitoring team, Deepak Bohora, said that monitoring is being carried out to solve the problems in the prison. He said that the prison should be developed as a reformatory.
