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6. Female prisoners have allowed sanitary<br />

napkin & paticoat(Chaya) as a part of their<br />

‘essential’ personal need.<br />

7. Every prisoner complaining of illness or<br />

appearing to be ill, are being sent to the<br />

Prison Medical Officer for immediate<br />

examination. The sick prisoners are being<br />

admitted in Central Jail Hospital & in case<br />

of treatment which required outside prison,<br />

they are referred to State Hospital & on<br />

necessity they also referred outside State<br />

Hospital for treatment at government cost.<br />

8. They are also imparted training on Yoga<br />

for better physical and mental health.<br />

Libraries are there in the jails and prisoners<br />

are provided with books from the libraries<br />

for studying.<br />

9. Cultural and recreational activities are<br />

being organized in all jails for maintaining<br />

the mental & physical health of prisoners.<br />

The activities includes (i) Out-door games<br />

like kabaddi, volley ball, badminton etc. (ii)<br />

Indoor games like chess, ludo & carom etc.<br />

(iii) color television programmes like film<br />

historical, patriotic, biographical, scientific &<br />

educational travelogues & programs<br />

dealing with social themes (iv) reading<br />

facilities in jail library etc.<br />

10 The Home(jail) Department is providing<br />

minimum need to maintain essential<br />

standard of living in consonance with<br />

human dignity so that prisoners retain all<br />

their right as human beings within the<br />

limitations of imprisonment. Besides,<br />

Importance has been attached to all<br />

aspects of prison sanitation & Hygiene<br />

under the supervision of Medical Officer &<br />

Executive staff of the prison.<br />

Facilities/amenities in regard to sanitation<br />

& hygiene are available in all prisons of<br />

Tripura. Full fairness and efficiency is<br />

maintained in handling the prisoners.<br />

Various rehabilitation schemes being<br />

executed in the State are:<br />

1. Vocational training programmes are<br />

conducted for the prisoners to make them<br />

self-dependent after their release from the<br />

jail as well as to promote good order. The<br />

inmates are engaged in weaving, book<br />

binding, bamboo cane unit, printing press,<br />

tailoring, computer training, electrical<br />

works, carpentry, poultry, duckery, piggery,<br />

mushroom cultivation etc.<br />

2. Prisoners are getting facilities of study from<br />

Primary level to Graduate level and they<br />

are allowed to sit for the Madhyamik, CII<br />

(10+2), Degree Course & Master Degree<br />

exams from inside the jail as private<br />

student.<br />

3. Apart from there is Grievance Box inside<br />

the Hails/Sansodhanagar in Tripura for<br />

inmates. The District Magistrate &<br />

Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate<br />

visit the Jails/Sansodhanagar at regular<br />

interval and proper action is taken<br />

accordingly.<br />

West Bengal<br />

Various welfare and rehabilitation schemes<br />

being executed in the State are:<br />

1. A “SIM-Less Telephone Facility in the<br />

Correctional Homes in West Bengal” has<br />

been introduced in the Central Correctional<br />

Homes to facilitate communication of the<br />

inmates with their near and dear ones.<br />

2. Spread of literacy amongst the inmates in<br />

the Correctional Homes.<br />

3. Providing opportunities for education - both<br />

basic and higher for the inmates.<br />

4. Promoting creative pursuits amongst the<br />

inmates through art and crafts.<br />

5. Promoting cultural activities within the<br />

Correctional Homes and beyond.<br />

6. Physical and psychological improvement<br />

through meditation and exercises etc.<br />

7. Developing sports and games infrastructure<br />

including infrastructure for physical<br />

exercises.<br />

8. Providing coaching facilities to identified<br />

residents for development of their skills in<br />

games and sports.<br />

9. Organizing sports and games activities<br />

within the Correctional Homes in the<br />

systematic manner.<br />

10. Providing interface with civil society through<br />

sports and games activities to promote<br />

better understanding between the inmates<br />

and the society at large.<br />

Andaman & Nicobar Island<br />

For achieving the goal of rehabilitation,<br />

reformation and re-socialization of prison<br />

inmates, lodged in various prisons, the Prison<br />

Prison Statistics India-<strong>2014</strong> 177

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