Patna,(BiharTimes): Taking a suo motu cognizance of a report revealing the hellish conditions of prisons of Bihar the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Prisons of the state for factual reports within four weeks.
The notice has been issued on a study “Prisons of Bihar: Status Report-2015” done by Smita Chakraburty, an activist and researcher.
Smita was assigned a project by Justice V N Sinha of Patna High Court, who is also Executive Chairman, Bihar State Legal Services Authority. She was assigned to visit all the 58 prisons of Bihar to study the living conditions and submit a report.
In all Smita interviewed 30,070 inmates during her study.
According to NHRC the prisons are involved in gross violation of human rights of the prisoners that are under the care and custody of the state.