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Justice Vikram Nath of the Supreme Court and enforcement president of the National Legal Services Authority (NLSA) visited the Bengaluru Central Prison astatine Parappana Agrahara connected Sunday and inaugurated respective initiatives aimed astatine improving rehabilitation, accomplishment improvement and intelligence healthcare services for inmates.
Justice Nath was accompanied by Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the Karnataka High Court and patron-in-chief of the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), justness Anu Sivaraman, enforcement chairperson of KSLSA, and different elder judicial and ineligible services officials.
They archetypal visited the prison’s Legal Services Centre and reviewed the legal-aid and payment measures being provided to inmates. They aboriginal inaugurated a machine laboratory sponsored by R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, nether the taxable “Cells to Skills”, a programme designed to equip prisoners with integer and vocational skills to enactment their rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
The delegation besides visited the situation hospital’s De-Addiction Centre, wherever they were briefed by aesculapian officers connected the attraction and counselling facilities disposable for inmates struggling with substance abuse.
In a important measurement towards improving intelligence healthcare wrong prisons, they inaugurated a Tele-MANAS installation successful the women’s situation wing. The work volition supply inmates with entree to intelligence wellness counselling and attraction done trained professionals and specialists via telecommunication platforms.
The visiting judges interacted with women inmates and inspected the prison’s precocious established creche facility, which caters to children residing with incarcerated mothers. They besides held discussions with inmates, legal-aid beneficiaries, situation officials and representatives of the District Legal Services Authority regarding entree to ineligible assistance and captive payment programmes.
Several elder judicial officers, ineligible services officials and situation authorities attended the event. The programme was presided implicit by Alok Kumar, Director-General of Police, Prisons and Correctional Services, Karnataka.
The initiatives are expected to fortify rehabilitation efforts and heighten the wide payment of inmates successful the State’s situation system.
