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TMI Blog2020 (5) TMI 696X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ere detected corona positive and the largest number out of them 48 infected persons were lodged in Central/District Jail, Jaipur. On the registration of this PIL on 16.05.2020, the learned Advocate General as well as Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and Director General (Prisons) were informed that this matter would be taken up at 11.30 AM on 17.05.2020. Accordingly, we have heard Mr. M.S. Singhvi, learned Advocate General assisted by Mr. Siddhant Jain for the State through Video Conferencing and Mr. Rajeeva Swarup, Additional Chief Secretary(Home), Government of Rajasthan and Mr. N.R.K. Reddy, Director General (Prisons), Rajasthan in person. We have also perused certain newspaper article published in the Times of India dated 17.05.2020 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n the Jails where inmates are already lodged and for new prisoners separate Jails have got vacated at different places and they are lodged there. 9. Immediately after this incident, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and Director Prisons have taken stock of the situation and have taken all remedial measures to prevent recurrence of any such eventual incidents." The Additional Chief Secretary (Home) stated that the Government of Rajasthan has created Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) dealing with the process of admission of an accused to the jails and the manner in which they are to be tested at the time of entry. He brought to our notice that District Jails and Central Jails in particular have been identified and special Isolation Wa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... es or police custody, the accused we are informed spend a period of 21 days in Isolation Ward segregated separately from the General Ward for inhabitants of the jails. The jail authorities must ensure that prior to releasing such prisoners from isolation, they must be once again presented before the local medical authorities for check up again to verify whether that prisoner has developed any symptom of corona virus and also carry out RT-PCR test to cover also possible asymptomatic prisoner. Once such clearance is obtained from the medical authorities, the jail authority may shift such prisoner or under-trial to the General Ward. (3) The jail authorities who are in direct contact with such prisoners in isolation also require special atten ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tees to be formed consisting of the (i) Secretary, DLSA or TLSA, (ii) CMHO and/or its representative and (iii) President or Secretary of the local Bar Association. This team shall visit each jail within their respective districts, Central Jail/District Jail/ Sub Jail and they shall check and verify the status of each jail vis-a-vis parameters set up by the Union of India, the State of Rajasthan as well as in the publication made by the RSLSA, in particular all suggestions regarding public health within the jail premises. Such committees formed for each jail i.e. Central Jail, District Jail and/or Sub Jail, shall visit in their respective districts/Sub Division and reports by them regarding status, shall be submitted before the Member Secret ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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