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The Supreme Court has directed the petitioner to make a detailed representation to the concerned States with his suggestions on uniform procedure or policy for open prisons or semi-open prisons.
On July 16, CJI N.V. Ramana said there are 6.1 lakh people jailed in the country’s 1,378 prisons. In a matter of a day, the number had risen to 6.22 lakh prisoners.
Prisons have slowly turned into venues where offenders embrace crimes of untold proportions. Kamiti Maximum Prison, for instance, has earned notoriety for being a safe haven for cybercriminals.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Government of NCT Delhi (GNCTD) and the Director-General, Prisons on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to fill vacancies of medical officers, paramedical staff, welfare officers, counselors, teachers for education, yoga teachers and education vocational counselors and other pending vacancies in Delhi jails.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was on filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday, seeking direction to fill vacancies of medical officers, paramedical staff, welfare officers, counsellors, teachers, yoga instructors, vocational counsellors and other staffers in jails in the national capital.