CIVIL LI8ERT1ES Overdetention of Prisoners The Commission was distressed to leam of the over-detention of prisoners allegedly because of deliberate discrepancies in the release warrants issued by the Courts. The Commission was informed that the matter had been taken up formally by the jail administration with the Sessions fudge. The Commission was of the view that the unscrupulous personnel of the jail administration and of the Courts who were involved in such malpractices should be identified and dealt with suitably. The Commission desired that the matter be brought to the notice of the Registrar of the Delhi High Court with the request that it be brought before the Chief Justice. 2) Visits to Jails and Police Lock-ups in Other States 3.69 Shri A. B. "IWpathy, Special Representative of the Commission for Orissa, visited the following Jails and Police Lock-ups in that State: • Circle Jail, Berhampur, on 18/19 June, 2000; • District JaC, Dhenkanal, on 27 July, 2000; • Circle Jail, Sambalpur, on 23 August, 2000; • Sub-Jail, Jagatsinghpur, on 26 September, 2000; • Police lock-ups in Bhadrak town; and • Kendrapara Jail, on 17 November 2000. 3.70 The observations of Shri A. B. Tripathy in respect of conditions in the Circle Jails of Berhampur and Sambalpur were forwarded to the Government of Orissa for remedial action. Regrettably, the compliance reports received from the ofGce of the Inspector General Prisons, Orissa indicated that very litde action had, in fact, been taken on the observations made by the Special Representative. The reports stated that various proposals were pending with the State Government which had, ultimately, to take the decisions required to implement the recommendations. No reply was, however, received from the Home Department of Orissa during the period under review. In these circiunstances, the Commission is constrained to observe that there is need for the State Government to react with greater sensitivity and promptness to the observations made by the Special Representative. 3.71 Visits to jails were also made by Dr S. B. Medhi, Special Representative of the Commission in Assam. He inspected the following; ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001 [ 35