Visit to Yervada Central Jail, Pune
The Chairperson of the Commission, Dr. Justice A.S. Anand visited the Yervada Central Jail, Pune on 12 June 2003. The Chairperson inspected the factory section, hospital area, women’s jail and open jail.
The Chairperson took special interest in the problems of mentally ill prisoners and felt that the power to decide the admission of acutely ill patients to the Mental Hospital, which is vested in the Government, should be delegated to the IG (Prisons), Maharashtra whose headquarters are located at Pune itself. Delay in the clearance of such proposals by the Government has been found to be fatal in some cases in the past.
The Chairperson took special interest in the problems of mentally ill prisoners and felt that the power to decide the admission of acutely ill patients to the Mental Hospital, which is vested in the Government, should be delegated to the IG (Prisons), Maharashtra whose headquarters are located at Pune itself. Delay in the clearance of such proposals by the Government has been found to be fatal in some cases in the past.