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K.V.ReddyPresidentAll India Prison Officers Association09849904733 / 09440060055E - Mail: kvreddydsp@yahoo.com
National Policy on Prisons
Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh23 September 2006.
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1.
Prisoners Rights
1.1Prisoners should not be deprived of their rights.1.2Expectant Women or Women with Infants should have a system of parole forthem to deliver a baby outside the prison and thereafter to bring up theirinfant in normal society.1.3Grant of parole should not be denied, by quoting the often repeatedargument that there is a threat to law and order. SSP should given specificreasons for not granting parole and there should be proper representation toconvict in case of rejection of his parole. There should not be pre-maturerelease to habitual criminals.1.4There is a need to have outside crèches for those children whose mothers areinside the prison.
2.
Medical Facilities
2.1Better medical facilities should be provided to every prison inmate. Wellequipped Lab with testing facilities in every Central Prison.2.2There should be a lady doctor and nurse in each women prison. There shouldbe a proper medical examination and then a subsequent yearly medicallyexamination of the women inmates.
 
2.3CMO should visit the prison premises every month and get the samples of water and food collected for certification.2.4Diet menu should be drawn by Dietician keeping in view the demographiccomposition of prison population.2.5Supply of adequate medicines should be ensured either through localpurchase or through a central system and in case of non availability, thenSuperintendent should be empowered to purchase up to a limit at a time withno embargo on an annual basis.2.6The physical infrastructure of hospital / laboratory in each prison shoulddepend on prison population and for prison population below 50 a dispensaryis a must.2.7Proper medical examination record of each prisoner should be maintained.2.8System of telemedicine should also be encouraged.2.9Staff should be trained in order to classify inmates scientifically.2.10Biometric Identification of both prisoners and visitors to the prison.
3.
Physical conditions of Prisons
3.1The process of overcrowding should be taken care of by shifting the prisonsfrom towns / centre of city to the outskirts through the process of privatepublic participation in constructing and management of prisons.3.2A modern administrative block with all modern technological devices shouldbe there in each prison to qualitatively improve day to day jail administration,including its security3.3Architecture design should be qualitatively improved keeping in mind theprison security and service.3.4Prison campus should also cater to the housing needs of the staff as well ascommunity centre to cater to the needs of staff and their children.3.5A norm should be adopted to construct flush latrines and bathrooms for theprison inmates. Accordingly, the same number of bathrooms and toiletsshould be constructed. There should be Model and Modern kitchen withproper ventilation in each prison along with a dining facility3.6There should be better visiting area for women inmates to meet theirchildren. No meeting behind bars for women and their Children.
4.
Prison Administration
4.1Prison Administration should be run on economic criterion of making it self sustainable, efficient, cost-effective and dynamic.
 
4.2
As far as possible, attempt should be made to segregate under trials from theconvicts. And also ensure better training programs for each of them.4.3Under trials should be asked to work so as to maintain their upkeepexpenses.4.4The wages paid for work should be reviewed every five years and theSupreme Court judgment regarding wages should be followed, where a partof the wages is paid to the victim’s family.
4.5
 To ensure presence of under trials in Court, an attempt should be made tointroduce the video conferencing for under trials to get their cases processedexpeditiously. Delay in production can be avoided through separate prisonescort force for taking under trials to courts .4.6Either double shift in criminal courts should be introduced or more judgesshould be appointed for expeditious disposal of cases.4.7There should be better coordination of the prison Department with otherDepartments and also the Criminal Justice Functionaries. District and Session Judge should ensure smooth coordination between prison departments andall others including police and prosecution.
4.8
 There should be PCO Room and each prison must be provided with telephonefacility, E-mail, etc. in order to facilitate better communication and contact of the women inmateswith their children and family.4.9The ratio of women staff in prisons should at least be equal to prisonpopulation ratio of women and slowly increased to 50%. Periodic training of women staff.4.10To ensure that education and work programs remain more useful to bothinmates and society, these should be outsourced as far as possible andoutmoded and outdated programs should not be run on account of scarcity of funds. Gardening and landscaping activities for women inmates.4.11Pay scales of prison staff should be at par with police officers. Promotionalopportunities should be there for each level of prison staff with a minimum of three promotions in 25 years of service.4.12The Head of the Prison Department should be from within the prison cadre. Incase of deputation, then a minimum tenure of three years should be given toenable the HOD to make an impact.
5.
Legal Aid Facility
5.1The timing and places should be properly displayed where legal aid is madeavailable to public at large and families of under trials in general so that themaximum benefit could be extracted in each prison. For this NGOs and Lawstudents should be encouraged to contact the prisoners and their families on
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