Big Picture: Need for Prison Reforms

India’s prisons are overcrowded with nearly 70% undertrial prisoners. A large number are languishing in prisons without quality legal aid, and lack of family support. As per Prison Statistics India Report 2019, there were 4.78 lakh inmates in around 1,300 prisons in the country. Most of these prisoners hail from economically poor backgrounds. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, COVID-19 positive cases in prisons became a cause for worry. The Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the situation in the prisons and passed several significant orders, which led to the constitution of high powered committees (HPCs) at the state level, headed by the chairperson of the State Legal Services Authority, to decide on categories of prisoners who could be released on temporary bail and parole to reduce overcrowding of prisons.

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Monday decided to release jail inmates in the union territory on 90 days interim bail in view of the Supreme Court directions. Other states are also taking interest in the matter. In this edition of Big Picture we analyse the need for prison reforms.

Anchor: Frank Rausan Pereira

Guests:
S. P. Vaid, Former Director General of Police (DGP), Jammu & Kashmir... ///
Vipul Mudgal, Director, Common Cause... ///

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