NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AUG 28
The NHRC has written to heads of prisons in various states and union territories asking them to provide details about medical infrastructure and best practices followed by them with respect to COVID-19 management, officials said.
NHRC seeks responses from States and UTs on questionnaire having six points to inform on the conditions of prisons with specific reference to Covid management. Response expected by 31st Aug at sro-nhrc@nic.in @ANI@PTI_News #CivilSociety @PIBHomeAffairs pic.twitter.com/dwNnfSvnLP
— NHRC India (@India_NHRC) August 27, 2020
The rights panel has sent them a six-point questionnaire on the condition of prisons, they said.
“The NHRC has written to DGs and IGs of prisons of all states and UTs to apprise the commission of medical infrastructure and best practices followed there in connection with COVID-19 pandemic and how to tackle the situation,” an official said.
Responses are expected by August 31, he added.
Last week, the NHRC had decided that jailed poet and activist Varavara Rao’s medical report, sent by the Maharashtra government in response to its notices, will be examined by domain experts on its panel.
Rao, a Telugu poet, and intellectual is lodged in Maharashtra’s Taloja jail for about two years, the NHRC said in a statement. He had tested positive for COVID-19.
