...... CIVIL LIBERTIES 45 additional wards of 100 capacity each at Khunti, 2 additional wards of 200 capacity at 5 and one additional ward of 100 capacity at 10 specified jails.
Shifting of Birsa Munda Central Jail to the new building at Hotwar.
Improvement of sanitation and water supply. Additional toilets are required to be constructed to bring the toilet prison ration at least to 1:10.
Augmentation of existing water supply and preparation of new water supply projects.
Filling up of the following key posts at supervisory and functional level: Supdt. - 9 Jailer - 3 Asstt. Jailer - 12 Doctor - 14 Compounder - 7 Warder - 251
Improvement of medical facilities.
Prescribing a special diet for children allowed to be kept in jail in consultation with the nutrition expert.
Setting up of Creches for children in jails.
Jail Industries : Jail industries are functioning in only two Central and five District Jails. This facility needs to be expanded to cover all the District Jails. Additional trades like making of jute-mats, blankets, oil-candles are required to be introduced
Improving the housing facilities for staff. 4.90 The report has been sent to the State Government on 2.4.04. ATR is awaited. 8) Mentally ill Persons Languishing in Jails 4.91 Ever since its establishment in 1993, the NHRC has been concerned about the plight of the mentally ill persons languishing in jails all over the country. These persons belong to two categories. In the first category come the mentally ill convicts or undertrial prisoners and in the second the mentally ill persons with no involvement in crime who have been detained simply for being mentally ill. The Supreme Court has, way back in 1993, held in Sheela Barse Vs Union of India that no person should be held in jail merely on ground of mental illness. The Commission has found that the directions of Apex Court are not being followed in many States/UTs. The Chairperson, NHRC had therefore, written to the Chief ANNUAL REPORT 2003-04