keep your children in this condition for 24 hours, see the officers

Nainital. Expressing displeasure over the plight of the jails, the High Court gave guidelines regarding improvement. On Wednesday, while making a serious remark, the court said that the officers should keep their children there for 24 hours in such a condition. We are in the 21st century now, but seeing the condition of the prisons, it does not seem so. The condition of the jails is no less than that of Cellular or Ahmednagar Jail. Nainital Jail and all jails are under the nose of Haldwani High Court, the situation there is also the same. The division bench of Chief Justice RS Chauhan and Justice NS Dhanik also cited the example of Cherrapalli Telangana Jail, where all facilities are available.

The bench said that why the prisoners involved in petty crime are not being released on parole? Those whose sentence has been more than half and whose conduct is good, also consider releasing them on parole. The High Court said these things while hearing a PIL filed regarding CCTV cameras and other facilities in the jails of the state. In the hearing, Home Secretary Ranjit Sinha and Director General of Jail Pushkar Jyoti appeared through video conferencing. The bench directed the government to constitute a committee regarding the facilities of the jails and implement the suggestions. Present its report in the court in the third week of every month.

In the earlier hearing, in this case, the court had directed the Director-General of Jail and the Home Secretary to visit all the jails and present the report with the photograph in the court. The affidavit was presented by him in court on Wednesday. On which the court was not satisfied. On seeing the affidavit and photos, shocking facts came to the fore before the court. Haridwar Jail has a capacity of 870 inmates whereas the present inmates there were 1400. There are 23 barracks for their stay. 65 prisoners are residing per barrack. There is only one barrack for 65 women prisoners. In the name of a medical facility, the system of calling the doctor, cooking is done on wood. Sub Jail Roorkee has a capacity of 200, there at present 625 prisoners are staying in 8 barracks. There are 75 male and 18 female prisoners per barrack. Dehradun Jail has a capacity of 518 where currently 1491 prisoners are living in 26 barracks. There are 54 prisoners per barrack.

There are 2 barracks for 87 women prisoners. The capacity of Sub Jail Haldwani is 535. Here at present 1736 prisoners are living in 9 barracks. Here are 180 prisoners per barrack. The chapatis are made on the floor. The capacity of the Nainital Jail is 70. At present 174 prisoners live here without any barracks and sleep on the ground. Almora Jail has a capacity of 102 where 325 prisoners are staying in 6 barracks. 52 prisoners are residing per barrack. There are 11 women prisoners here. In District Jail Chamoli, 114 prisoners sleep in tin sed without barracks. Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, and Champawat do not have their own district jails. The court said that in the jail of Lohaghat, the prisoners have been stuffed like animals. Food is being prepared in the bathroom. The court directed the district judge to inspect the occasion and present the report in the court.

Court gave directions
The court has given important guidelines to the government regarding the facilities in the jails. It has been said to build new jails, open jails in Garhwal division, budget for repair of jails, factories for employment of prisoners, schools for children, recruitment of adequate staff, permanent medical staff, clean kitchen, and bathrooms. make arrangements.

this is the petition
Santosh Upadhyay and others have filed separate PILs in the matter. In this, it has been said that the Supreme Court had issued an order in 2015 asking all the states to install CCTV cameras in their state jails and provide basic facilities. The court had issued orders to fill the vacant posts of the State Human Rights Commission. But even after a lapse of five years, the government did not comply with the order of the Supreme Court. The petitioners say that the government should be directed to follow the direction issued by the Supreme Court.