Civil Liberties improved infrastructure and support, it should be possible to maintain computerised records of all life term prisoners in the country, so that the Commission can monitor the manner in which matters relating to their release are considered. 3.64 By its proceedings dated 20 October 1999, the Commission directed that these guidelines shall be implemented by the States, and wherever existing provisions of the rules are inconsistent with any of the guidelines, the State Government shall make appropriate modifications in the rules and implement the guidelines, so that there is uniformity in this regard throughout the country. In pursuance, responses were received from 25 States and Union Territories. A majority of the States/Union Territories have accepted the Commission's guidelines. A reminder was issued to the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Manipur and the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, which have not yet responded. Workshops for Prison Officials 3.65 During the year under review, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission in-charge of Custodial Justice, held zonal workshops involving Inspectors General of Prisons and senior prison officers in Delhi, Guwahati, Calcutta, Pune and Lucknow. In these workshops, systemic issues relating to prison administration, viz. overcrowding in jails, problems relating to the escorting of prisoners to courts, comprehensive medical screening of prisoners after initial admission, problems of women prisoners, etc were discussed. The Special Rapporteur advocated the need to increase the involvement of competent NGOs in the medical examination of prisoners. At the initiative of a member of the Corrunission, Shri Sudarshan Aganval, Rotary International came fonvard in a big way to extend medical treatment to prisoners, and a large number of prisoners were examined by the specialist doctors belonging to Rotary Clubs in various parts of the country. Further, in regard to the large number of undertrials in prison. Jail Superintendents were instructed to keep in touch with District Sessions Judges and to bring to the latter's notice such cases as needed to be acted upon in accordance with the directions given by the Supreme Court in the Common Came v Union of India case. On the issue of providing escorts for prisoners being sent for treatment to hospital, the Inspectors General of Prisons were advised to use the jail staff as escorts, if police escorts were not provided. The need to upgrade the standards of vocational training given to the prisoners was also emphasised. The Special Rapporteur urged the Inspector General to keep women prisoners in those jails which were located nearer to their homes. Discussions in the workshops revealed that there was no uniform procedure regarding leave granted to the prisoners. The Commission recommended that this problem be resolved through the updating and revision of Jail Manuals. 3.66 The Special Rapporteur (Custodial Justice) of the Commission also organised a training programme on Human Rights in prisons for the middle level jail officials of the 35