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Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Note of The Wire s Prison Report, Orders Overhaul of Prison Manual The order has reproduced several findings published by The Wire in a report on institutionalised casteism in prisons, and has termed them as “striking”. The Rajasthan high court s Jodhpur bench. Photo: Rajasthan high court The Wire, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan high court has directed the state government to undertake steps to ensure the complete overhaul of the state prison manual. The Wire, on December 10, published a detailed investigative piece on the caste practices prevalent inside prisons across different states in India. These practices, as per archaic prison manuals, were followed in most states that sanction caste-based occupation in jail. While prisoners of the Brahmin caste group in most states are assigned only cooking, or supervision work, those from the ‘lower’ castes are forced to carry out menial work like manual scavenging and cleaning.

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