This Report on mental health and the death penalty contributes to the knowledge on evidence based research in the difficult domains of mental agony and suffering behind bars. @ajverma @CHRI_INT @HRLNIndia @NALSALegalAid
Deathworthy finds that a majority of prisoners on death row have at least one mental illness.
To know more about the psychosocial realities of death row prisoners, read our report- project39a.com/deathworthy
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@BourothuSai, Project Officer at @CHRI_INT speaking on the vulnerabilities of transgender persons in Indian prisons.
@HRLNIndia @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
Advocate Anu Narula speaking on women prisoners also children in prisoners.
The issues of undertrial prisoners aren't addressed and is a much needed issue of focus.
@HRLNIndia @ibjindia @CHRI_INT – at New Delhi, India
"Issues of inaccess to local surety to be provided for bails, and structural discrimination against persons of visibly different ethnicities who are refugees is very prominant."
Advocate Sadiq Noor, @HRLNIndia on issues faced by refugees in Indian prisons.
@CHRI_INT @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
Mr. Babloo Loitongbam, @HRightsAlert, speaking on the issue of prisoners in the Northeast India and foreign national prisoners.
@HRLNIndia @ibjindia @CHRI_INT @TISSpeak – at New Delhi, India
Nayanika Singhal, associated with the @IJRranking speaking on data and it's relevance to strategic litigation on prison reform.
@tatatrusts @CHRI_INT @HRLNIndia @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
"Even though there are orders from courts, their implementation and monitoring of the same lacks the same lusture"
@mdhanuka17 speaking on the "Tools for Strategic Litigation: Research and Advocacy".
@HRLNIndia @CHRI_INT @ibjindia @TISSpeak – at New Delhi, India
"The overcrowding in MP jails went from 150% before the Supreme Court order on 23/03/2020 to 140% post the decongestion process"
Aditi Pradhan, @CPAProjectIndia speaking on the PIL concerning prisoners in Madhya Pradesh.
@HRLNIndia @TISSpeak @CHRI_INT @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
"There was a general perspective that prisoners are safer in prisons, which led to nobody being released from Telangana prisons"
Prof. Ipsita Sapra, TISS Hyderabad, on decongestion in Telangana prisons during the COVID 19 pandemic.
@TISSpeak @HRLNIndia @CHRI_INT @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
"There were four prisons in Jharkhand with occupancy above 200% during the second wave."
Advocate Shailesh Poddar on the interventions in Jharkhand High Court during the COVID 19 pandemic.
@CHRI_INT @ibjindia @HRLNIndia @shaileshpoddar – at New Delhi, India
"Prison occupancy rates are quoted everytime we discuss decongestion, however that does not comprehensively address the issue"
Advocate Arun Kasi on prison decongestion processes in Tamil Nadu.
@CHRI_INT @HRLNIndia @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
Advocate Venkat Raman, Global Network for Equality, speaking on the conditions of prisoners and their children in Tamil Nadu. @ibjindia
@HRLNIndia @CHRI_INT – at New Delhi, India
"The HPCs considered the issue of overcrowding, but did not redefine overcrowding in the context of COVID 19"
Advocate Anup Agrawal speaking on the experience of engaging with High Court and High Powered Committees in Jharkhand.
@HRLNIndia @ibjindia @CHRI_INT – at New Delhi, India
"Why is the concious of the public not shocked at the conditions of prisons?"
Advocate Arjun Sheoran on the issues faced in prison reform litigation at Haryana. @HRLNIndia @CHRI_INT @ibjindia – at New Delhi, India
Advocate Colin Gonsalves speaking on the importance of access to prison legal aid during the @NFPRI national consultation on "Strategies to Litigation on Prison Reform during COVID 19 and Beyond."
@HRLNIndia @CHRI_INT @ibjindia @EU_Commission – at New Delhi, India
Advocate Mihir Desai speaking on the conditions of prisoners in Maharashtra during the COVID 19 pandemic through the experience of the PILs at the High Court. @IBJGlobal @HRLNIndia @CHRI_INT @TISSpeak
