NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION F. Study on Under-Trial Prisoners 4.143 The Commission has initiated a pilot study on Undertrial Prisoners for the State of Uttar Pradesh with Centre for Equity Studies (CES) in February 2015. The main objectives of the study is to establish their social, demographic profiles including age, gender, religion, social category, domicile and education and also to know what offence has the undertrial been charged with. 4.144 The final report submitted by the CES was considered by the Commission on 03.03.2017 and directed the Secretariat to examine and list out the recommendations which are practical, feasible and tenable. The recommendations were sought to be listed as per the authority to which it would be sent, i.e., the State Government, State Police, Judiciary and Prison Department. The same is under consideration of the Commission. G. Custodial Justice – An Investigation into causes of Deaths in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu 4.145 A research study entitled “Custodial Justice – An Investigation into Causes of Deaths in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu” has been undertaken by the NHRC in collaboration with the Nodal Centre of Excellence for Human Rights Education, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance, TISS, Mumbai. The study will make an attempt to identify the pattern and nature of causes for deaths in prisons and establish their correlation. It will also investigate the efficacy of the existing prison health care system. The study will be conducted in four States of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu as these States have recorded the highest prison mortality rate as compared to other States. The duration of the study will be for a period of 13 months. 4.146 The findings of the study will draw attention of the Government towards the need to build functional prison health-care system and advocate for an effective system of accountability for every death. 74 ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017