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News:
- Amitava Roy Committee on Prison reform has been constituted by Supreme Court.
Important Facts:
- Objective of the committee is to examine various problems plaguing prisons in the Country and recommend:
- Overcrowding of prison.
- Lack of legal advice to convicts to issues of remission and parole.
- Unnatural deaths of prisoners.
- Gross inadequacy and the lack of trained staff.
- Examination of the functioning of Under Trial Review Committees
- Probe the reasons for violence in prisons and recommend preventive measures.
- Recommend measures for the health, education, development of skills, rehabilitation and social reintegration of children in observation homes
