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KATHMANDU, Feb 29: The Department of Prison Management (DoPM) has initiated a health insurance scheme from mid-February with the objective of facilitating healthcare services for inmates within the prison system. The inmates of the Central Jail have also adopted the Health Insurance Scheme.
KATHMANDU, Sept 6: The government's treatment of prisoners in Nepal is highly problematic, with the Central Jail at Sundhara facing extreme overcrowding issues and a decaying infrastructure that puts inmates at risk. The work started for years to expand the prison capacity has been stopped by the government's decision. After the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's government decided to transform the Central Jail into a museum in the fiscal year 2018/19, the expansion project was stopped.
KATHMANDU, July 27: The government has prepared to provide health insurance for the proper care and health treatment of prisoners in prisons across the country. The process of health insurance for 28,000 prisoners and detainees has been advanced by the inter-ministerial coordination task force. The inter-ministerial coordination task force has proposed health insurance coverage for prisoners to the Council of Ministers on the basis of detainee applications.