custodial deaths, trafficking in women and children, juvenile justice, health concerns, education, manual scavenging, etc. The Commission also impressed upon them the need to appoint Nodal Officer(s) for coordinating human rights issues at the State level. Upgradation of Complaint Management System 2.9 The CMS software installed in the Commission to facilitate the complaint handling mechanism with the help of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) was upgraded. As on 31 March 2008, the CMS application software had information about 7, 74,564 cases. CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Preventing Custodial Violence 2.10 The Commission received 1,789 cases of death in judicial custody,* and 188 cases of death in police custody and 4 cases of death in para-military/defence forces custody during the year under review. It disposed off 744 cases of custodial deaths, comprising 662 cases of death in judicial custody, 78 cases of death in police custody and 4 cases related to death in para-military/defence forces custody. The disposal figures include cases pending from previous years. NUMBER OF CUSTODIAL DEATH CASES REGISTERED & DISPOSED OFF DURING THE YEAR 2007-2008 1,789 662 188 78 DEATHS IN JUDICIAL CUSTODY REGISTERED DEATHS IN POLICE CUSTODY 4 4 DEATHS IN PARA-MILITARY/DEFENCE FORCES CUSTODY DISPOSED OFF (INCLUDES CASES OF PREVIOUS YEARS) Inspection of Jails 2.11 A Member of the Commission visited the Burail Model Jail in Chandigarh on 27 March 2008. An investigation team visited the capital's high security Tihar Jail on 14 June 2007 and one of the Special Rapporteurs visited Orissa to assess the conditions in the jails there. *In the Annual Report, judicial custody means persons in jails as per the Court's Orders. National Human Rights Commission 7