SC forms prison reforms panel

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SC forms prison reforms panel

News:

  1. Amitava Roy Committee on Prison reform has been constituted by Supreme Court.

Important Facts:

  1. 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
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