Punjab And Haryana HC Issues Directions To Ensure Proper Functioning Of Prisons

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Punjab And Haryana HC Issues Directions To Ensure Proper Functioning Of Prisons

13 Dec 2019 01:39 pm

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has passed a series of mandatory directions to ensure that the prisons function properly and that humane living conditions are provided to the cell inmates in the State.

The interim order has been made in a petition filed by one Dr. Swarandeep Singh, who came across grave irregularities in the functioning of jails, during his visits to the Central Jail, Ludhiana. Singh had requested for an independent probe into the functioning of jails in the State of Punjab and to provide basic amenities to Jail inmates, such as adequate medical aid, proper food to eat, etc.

Singh had alleged:

Food provided to the jail inmates was of very poor quality and the ration provided to the jail authorities never reached the jail inmates.
The food was cooked in unhygienic conditions; the kitchen had no proper ventilation and the persons working therein suffered from number of diseases.
There was no proper supply of medicines to ill prisoners and the cartons of medicines coming to the jail were empty.
The jail inmates suffering from contagious disease were kept in the same cell where other jail inmates were lodged.
Serious sick persons were not admitted in the hospital but were kept in cells. Moreover, jail inmates had to pay exorbitant prices for the drugs and injections that were available in jail openly. Consequently, many inmates died in jails because of lack of medical aid.
A sum of Rs. 15,000/- was charged from prisoners, who wanted to be admitted in the hospital even though they were not sick. To perpetrate the same, even the petitioner was pressurized to admit healthy jail inmates.

Dr. swarndeep singh vs state of Punjab and ors.

CWP no. 24167 of 2017