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Vimukta Day Lecture By Justice KV Viswanathan-Full Text

At the outset, let me convey my thanks to the Criminal Justice and the Police Accountability Project (CPA Project) for inviting me to share my thoughts on the 71st anniversary of repealing the...

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The Wire Impact: After 70 Years, Rajasthan Amends Prison Manual That Sanctioned Caste-Based Labour


The Wire Impact: After 70 Years, Rajasthan Amends Prison Manual That Sanctioned Caste-Based Labour
The move comes nearly two months after The Wire’s report had exposed conditions of institutionalised casteism in prisons of Rajasthan and several other states in India.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty
Rights13/Feb/2021
Mumbai: For over 70- years, the Rajasthan state had followed an unconstitutional and violative prison manual that allowed assignment of labour on the basis of a prisoner’s caste. This institutionalised caste practice had continued unchallenged until
The Wire’s report exposed the conditions in prisons of Rajasthan and several other states in India.
suo motu demand an overhaul of the prison manual. And on February 2, the state’s home department was compelled to repeal all those prison rules which allowed caste-based labour assignments in prison.

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