{"id":59150,"date":"2020-03-23T15:04:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T09:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59150"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T09:34:58","slug":"coronavirus-will-grant-special-parole-and-furlough-to-convicts-to-decongest-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coronavirus-will-grant-special-parole-and-furlough-to-convicts-to-decongest-prisons","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus : Will grant special parole and furlough to convicts to decongest prisons."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coronavirus-will-grant-special-parole-and-furlough-to-convicts-to-decongest-prisons\/prisoners\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?fit=289%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"289,174\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"prisoners\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?fit=289%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?fit=289%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59151\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?resize=289%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?w=289&amp;ssl=1 289w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/prisoners.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/a>The city govt told the Delhi HC on Monday that it has decided to decongest capital\u2019s prisons by providing convicts with the options of special parole &amp; furlough to contain the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>A Bench of Justices Hima Kohli &amp; Subramonium Prasad, taking note of the submission, directed the Delhi govt to take the necessary steps during the day to implement the measures.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi govt submitted that it will amend its prison rules to provide the options of special parole &amp; furlough. It said a notification would be issued within a day to amend the prison rules to include the new provisions.<\/p>\n<p>The govt\u2019s submission came while responding to a plea moved by two lawyers seeking decongesting of the prisons in view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>A separate petition on the issue has also been moved before the HC seeking direction to the city govt &amp; the Prison authorities to immediately provide face-masks &amp; hand sanitizers to all the inmates in Tihar Jail &amp; other prisons in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>The petition filed by advocate Vikas Padora has also sought direction to spray disinfectants or quarantine the premises of jails. Mr. Padora also sought to set up isolation wards in the jail premises where the infected inmate or inmate having symptoms can be lodged safely.<\/p>\n<p>It has urged the court to give directions so that the spread of coronavirus can be contained as much as possible in the jails across India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs per the data available on the website Tihar Jail, there is capacity of 5,200 inmates, whereas at present there are more than 12,100 inmates lodged in Tihar Jail itself, which clearly shows that the prison Tihar Jail is excessively overcrowded &amp; functioning beyond its capacity,\u201d the petition said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same is the situation with most of the Jails in India,\u201d advocate Padora added, whose petition is likely to be heard this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city govt told the Delhi HC on Monday that it has decided to decongest capital\u2019s prisons by providing convicts with the options of special parole &amp; furlough to contain the spread of coronavirus. 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