Annual Report 2010-2011 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Preventing Custodial Violence 2.10 The NHRC received 1,426 intimations about deaths in judicial custody*, 146 intimations regarding deaths in police custody and two intimations regarding deaths in para-military/ defence forces custody during the period under review. It disposed of 1,944 cases of custodial deaths – comprising 1,753 cases of deaths in judicial custody, 189 cases of deaths in police custody and two cases of deaths in para-military/defence forces custody. These figures also include cases of previous years. See the Graph below. Inspection of Jails 2.11 A Member and two Special Rapporteurs of the Commission visited seven jails located in Barabanki, Lucknow and Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh; Bhubaneswar in Odisha; Shimla in Himachal Pradesh and Midnapore in West Bengal. The main objective of these visits was to oversee the functioning of these institutions as well as study the human rights situation of the inmates. Besides, officials from the Investigation Division of the Commission also visited Central Jail Viyyur in Trichur, Kerala; Dehradun District Jail in Uttarakhand; and Central Jail and District Jail in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Spot Investigations 2.12 During the period under review, the Commission directed its Investigation Division to conduct spot investigations in 64 cases of alleged violations of civil and political rights and economic, social and culture rights. These cases related to custodial deaths/rapes, sexual harassment by police men; custodial torture; false implication; illegal detention; bonded and child labour; atrocities on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other disadvantaged groups; * In the Annual Report, judicial custody means persons in jails as per the orders of the court.  NHRC