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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Should Rajasthan's Open Prisons Be Replicated Across the Country? -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

Should Rajasthan's Open Prisons Be Replicated Across the Country? -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

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published Published on Nov 28, 2017   modified Modified on Nov 28, 2017
-TheWire.in

A new report has recommended extending the scheme to all women, aged and infirm undertrials, claiming that it has many social and economic benefits for both the state and the inmates.

A study on open prisons and parole practices in Rajasthan suggests that the “successful system,” operational in the state since 1955, be emulated across the country.

The study, initiated by the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) and Rajasthan high court judge K.S. Jhaveri, also suggests that the practice be extended to cover undertrial prisoners apart from the convicted ones due to its many advantages.

Independent researcher Smita Chakraburtty was appointed the honorary prison commissioner by the authority to conduct interviews of 428 prisoners covering 15 open prisons spread across the state between April-November 2017. Her research noted that the open prison system had many social and economic advantages for both the state and the inmates.

The study has recommended opening a minimum of two open prisons in each of the 600 districts of the country. The suggestions in the report, Chakraburtty said, have been endorsed by Justice Jhaveri, director general of police (Rajasthan) Ajit Singh and the first drafter of the 1972 open prison rules of Rajasthan and director of the 1982-83 Justice Mulla Committee on jail reforms R.K. Saxena.

Undertrials can’t stay in open prisons right now, convicts have to wait for ten years

The report, released on November 26, observed as the National Law Day, points out that “only convicted prisoners stayed in open prisons after spending a considerable amount of time in closed prisons but undertrial prisoners are not allowed to stay in open prisons.”

Giving reasons for this discrimination, Chakraburtty said it was a common belief that if undertrials are sent to open prison, they will escape. However, she said that when open prisons were started, it was presumed that convicted prisoners will escape from them. But the study discovered that prisoners didn’t escape even when they were kept in the open without security barricade. “Similarly, even if accused persons are aware of the possibility of being shifted to open prisons, there can be a decrease in the number of absconding persons. There will also be a sense of relief and justice among the undertrials that even if bail is not granted (which would be the first priority), at least liberty would not remain throttled,” she said.

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TheWire.in, 27 November, 2017, https://thewire.in/199357/rajasthan-open-prison/


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