RTI answer : Convicts serving jail terms despite completing their sentences decreed by court & no action by authorities to scrutinized the status of the prisoners in last five years.

RTI answer : Convicts serving jail terms despite completing their
sentences decreed by court & no action by authorities to scrutinized
the status of the prisoners in last five years.
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I filed a RTI plea to check my viewpoint that overcrowding in jail
was a result of "unnecessary and unjustified arrests" coupled with
slow judicial process. The RTI petition dated 04-10-09 is available at
given link –
http://aishwaryaj.hpage.com/rti_petition_re_u_p_jails_to_home_04oct09_27384349.html
There was the problem of overcrowding with a total prison population
of 83,805 against the authorized capacity of 44,439, partial reply by
the department of Jail Administration and Reform Services to my RTI
petition revealed that the overall overcrowding ratio was 1.89, the
information released also indicated that in majority of the jails the
occupancy was almost double the sanctioned strength. K B Joshi,
Research Officer, department of Jail Administration and Reform
Services department asked for more time on the pretext of collecting
the relevant data to furnish rest of the info.
Subsequently I filed first appeal on 15-11-09 followed by the second
appeal in UPSIC on 23-12-09 against receipt no. 62491 . Case no.
S1-38/A/09 got registered in UPSIC and was heard by UPCIC Ranjit Singh
Pankaj on 12-01-10 & 27-04-10 . I was absent in all hearings . I filed
a rejoinder / objection letter on 31-05-10 which is available at given
link-
http://aishwaryaj.hpage.com/rejoinder_case_s1_38_a_09_dtd_31_may_10_27118766.html
On 01-11-10 , Rajendra Prasad , The PIO of Jail Administration and
Reform Services again sent partial info vide letter no. 29952 / ja.
Su. Cell-801 which is available at given link –
http://file1.hpage.com/000223/57/bilder/pio_reply_01nov10_re_rejoinder31may10.jpg
With abovementioned letter , the PIO has annexed letter dated 26-10-10
issued under signature of M.L. Prakash , ADG Jail Administration and
Reform Services which is available at given link –
http://file1.hpage.com/000223/57/bilder/adg_jail_reply_26oc10t_re_rti_04oct09.jpg
Letter of M.L. Prakash , ADG Jail Administration and Reform Services
has one letter no. 3138/07(62)/2010 dated 15 October 2010 bearing
signature of A.K.Panda ,Police D.I.G. ( Jails ) – Meerut Zone as a
annexure which states that two convicts were serving jail terms
despite completing their sentences decreed by court . This is highly
inhumane & insensitive behavior of jail authorities of U. P. and
gross violation of Human Rights by U. P. Jail authorities with the
state being a mute spectator. I am writing to NHRC to take action
against the defaulters officials. The letter is available at given
link –
http://file1.hpage.com/000223/57/bilder/annexure_to_adg_jail_reply_26oct10_refer_pt._1.jpg
This is even more painful to see that letter no. 3138/07(62)/2010
dated 15 October 2010 of M.L.Prakash ADG Jail Administration and
Reforms has flatly written " NIL INFORMATION " against point no. 4 of
my RTI plea which was humane-centric reading "Certified copies
containing details of actions taken by state government in last five
years to scrutinized the status of all the prisoners jailed in all
the jails of Uttar Pradesh , " This is a shameful paradox where the
department meant to bring reforms in jails has done NOTHING even to
scrutinized the status of all the prisoners , not to say of other
things in last full five years. I am writing to CM and Governor to
take action and ensure that at least the department should prove some
worth of its name or delete the words " administration and reforms "
from the department's name.
--
Urvashi Sharma

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