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RTI

1. Criminal Justice System. RTI. PRISON. Review of cases of Undertrials as an internal reporting mechanism Periodic Review Committees (Rajasthan & other states) Prison Visiting System (Rajasthan & other states) Special groups – mentally-ill, elderly (Rajasthan)

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RTI

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  1. 1 Criminal Justice System RTI

  2. PRISON • Review of cases of Undertrials as an internal reporting mechanism • Periodic Review Committees (Rajasthan & other states) • Prison Visiting System (Rajasthan & other states) • Special groups – mentally-ill, elderly (Rajasthan) • – foreign nationals (Rajasthan) • – Bangladeshi Nationals (West Bengal) • Court Productions (Rajasthan) • Section 436A (West Bengal) GOVERNMENT • Appointment of NOVs (State level) • Warder Vacancies & Recruitment (State level) • Mental Hospitals in India (Ministry of Health, GOI) • Mission Undertrial (Ministry of Law & Justice, GOI)

  3. LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY • Legal Aid Services (Rajasthan) • Empanelled lawyers (Rajasthan) • Legal Aid Camps (Rajasthan) • Status of Appeals & Legal aid lawyers (NALSA) • Duty Counsel Schemes in Police Stations, Courts & Prisons (SLSAs of all States & UTs) POLICE • Deployment of Police Personnel (District level & State level) PROSECUTION • Implementation of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

  4. 2 Challenges RTI

  5. 1 Initial hurdles with the know-how of the tool 4 2 Coping with procedural delays Vexing resistance from CJS actors – language problem 5 Device effective means to manage information and bulky documentation 3 Building necessary alliances with respective institutions to speed up response to RTI enquiries

  6. 3 Success RTI

  7. Breaking Privilege, Building Openness and Monitoring of Prisons 1 Building Evidence on Overstays, Production & Legal Representation 2 3 Effective Implementation of Rights of Undertrials Identifying and Tackling Individual Cases of Unnecessary and Illegal Detention 4 5 Merits of Accidental Knowledge

  8. Thank you! Prison Reforms Programme CHRI

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