• The jail department must have an independent Inspector General (Prisons). • Ensure that legal advisors interact with the inmates in the presence of a responsible member of the jail staff or a representative of an NGO. • The Jail Superintendent may also examine the feasibility of providing counselling facilities to prisoners. • Inspector General (Prisons) may conduct a study to examine the patterns of adjournments during trial in different kinds of cases. Subsequently, the legal service authority could be requested to take up selected long-pending cases and initiate measures for their speedy disposal. • Arrange for video conferencing to expedite trials. 5.16 During 2007-2008, the Commission also carried out a review of prison reforms, correctional administration and modernization of prisons in the State of Orissa. 5.17 One of the Special Rapporteurs visited Special Jail, Bhubaneswar; Circle Jail, Chowdwar; sub-jail Nayagarh; and Biju Patnaik Open Air Ashram, Jamuhari, Khurda from 28 to 31 January 2008. Prior to the visits, an elaborate questionnaire incorporating various human rights dimensions in custodial justice and correctional administration was circulated to all concerned. The reviews covered adequacy of physical and social infrastructure; overcrowding; issues related to right to food, water, health, personal hygiene, sanitation, lighting, ventilation, protective clothing, linen, diet, medical care including specialized treatment; vocational skill training programmes; after-care and rehabilitation of released labourers; special problems of children (0-6 age group) staying with convict mothers; terms and conditions of service of custodial staff and measures for their human resource development; issues relating to trial, bail, premature release, parole, furlough, interviews with relatives; literacy programmes inside the jail for the inmates; avenues of recreation (including games, sports, bhajan, yoga, meditation) for inmates; record keeping; and the role of NGOs in prison reforms. 5.18 These visits concluded with a wrap-up meeting with the Chief Secretary during which the Special Rapporteur drew his attention to the areas which required urgent attention. Some of these included expeditious disposal of long-pending issues pertaining to hearing of several undertrail prisoners; repair and maintenance of dangerously defective buildings; action on unhygienic and insanitary conditions in prisons; addressing the practical difficulties in arranging sureities for bail; and sorting out the problem of State-appointed defence lawyers not evincing interest in the cases on account of low honorarium. 5.19 The Commission made a number of observations and recommendations to the Government of Orissa. These included the following: (a) Nearly five years have passed since the National Human Rights Commission 27