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India News: The lodging areas of prisons across the country presented a "pitiful state of affairs", the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has said, underl
The apex court-appointed panel, headed by former top court judge Justice (retd) Amitava Roy, has said that out of the 817 unnatural deaths, 660 were suicides with Uttar Pradesh recording the highest number of suicides at 101 during this period
The Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has recommended that transgender prisoners should be treated equally and given the same rights and facilities as other inmates. The committee, led by former judge Justice Amitava Roy, has suggested that prison staff should receive training to appropriately interact with transgender prisoners and prevent abuse or violence against them.
India News: The Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has recommended that transgender prisoners should be treated equally and have access to the same rights
Overall, an overcrowding rate of 139 per cent was observed in the male prisons of 12 states but spans jail-wise around 104 per cent to 181 per cent, says the committee