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The Wire Impact: After 70 Years, Rajasthan Amends Prison Manual That Sanctioned Caste-Based Labour The move comes nearly two months after The Wire’s report had exposed conditions of institutionalised casteism in prisons of Rajasthan and several other states in India. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Rights13/Feb/2021 Mumbai: For over 70- years, the Rajasthan state had followed an unconstitutional and violative prison manual that allowed assignment of labour on the basis of a prisoner’s caste. This institutionalised caste practice had continued unchallenged until The Wire’s report exposed the conditions in prisons of Rajasthan and several other states in India. suo motu demand an overhaul of the prison manual. And on February 2, the state’s home department was compelled to repeal all those prison rules which allowed caste-based labour assignments in prison.

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