Rajasthan High Court has recently held that overstaying the temporary parole period cannot be imposed as a bar on availing permanent parole under Rule 14(c) of Rajasthan Prisoners (Release On Parole).
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday directed the State to transfer a prisoner to Open Air Camp, pursuant to the decision of Recommendation Committee for such transfer, which was allegedly not.
A murder convict serving a life term in an open-air jail in Jodhpur has escaped from the prison after allegedly raping his minor daughter, police said on Thursday.
Rajasthan: Elderly, Physically Infirm Prisoners Languish in Closed Prisons Against Rules
Although rules specify that the nature of crime should not be the criteria to deny the transfer of a prisoner to an open-air prison, over 50% of prisoners in the state are being confined to closed prisons following the skewed logic.
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Rights21/Dec/2020
New Delhi: Despite elderly and physically-infirm prisoners posing little or no threat to the society, and various courts repeatedly laying down that the conduct of the prisoners and not the nature of their offence should be the criteria for determining if they are eligible to be sent to open prisons, recent data submitted before the Rajasthan high court by the state government has revealed non-adherence to these directions.
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