NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, INDIA land with 151 acres along with the installation of modern design. The Jail is meant to house 2600 prisoners. However, at present the Jail holds 3455 inmates. Few inmates going through rigorous imprisonment have been employed but the wage given to the inmate is low. Therefore, the administration must follow the BPRD guidelines for the same. There are 1366 under-trial prisoners. The Criminal Justice System must ensure speedy trial for the detainees. Further, all the vacant posts for doctors and medical support need to be filled. It is recommended that the hospital at the women jail should be fully operational. 4.35 Special Rapporteur, NHRC visited District Jail Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) on 24th September 2019. He made observations with regard to the infrastructure of the jail which is over 100 years old and needs to be renovated. The positions of jail superintendent and jail doctor are vacant. Among the other senior positions, 1 post of Assistant doctor is vacant. Further, 2-3 positions of warders are vacant. Therefore, these places need to be filled. He also found out that one prisoner died due to medical negligence in the year 2017; such cases must be reviewed and necessary actions need to be meted out. 4.36 Special Rapporteur, NHRC visited Thane Central Jail, Maharashtra on 26th November, 2019 to understand the living conditions of the prisoners and under-trials, and to see whether their rights are being respected by the local jail administration. The Jail is built to house 1105 prisoners only, however there are a total of 3799 inmates. There are 17 barracks which are almost overcrowded, thus making it imperative to address the issue of overcrowding. Further, the issue of acute shortage of personnel needs to be addressed. The Jail administration demanded more than 300 personnel, but this proposal is pending in the home department. Dr Aggarwal also observed that the visitation rights of the prisoners are at great variance from other States. At present the inmates are allowed to meet only immediate blood relatives that also after rigorous police verification and under unreasonable restriction. Therefore, the visitation rights of the Correctional Homes need to be reviewed. 4.37 Special Rapporteur, NHRC visited Aurangabad Central Jail on 28th November. Some of the key observations and recommendations included to give attention to the acute overcrowding of the jail and refurbish its dilapidated infrastructure. Further, look into the problem of administrative and health personnel shortage. Dr. Aggarwal also highlighted the issue of undertrial detainees who need speedy trials. 4.38 Shri Umesh Kumar, Special Rapporteur, North East Zone visited Central Jail, Jorhat, Assam to understand the living conditions of the prisoners and under-trials and to see whether their rights are being respected by the local jail administration or not. The jail has significant overcrowding (111% of the capacity) and a disproportionate number of Under-trial prisoners (70%) as are the case with most of the jails across the country. It has been recommended to the jail administration that the Under-trial prisoners must be mandatorily provided with the datasheet at the time of admission stating the duration, date of admission, nature of offence and maximum punishment. The health facilities were also found to be inadequate mainly in terms of shortage of personnel and beds. In addition, there was a general shortage of jail staff, ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 49