Haryana Sets up District-Level Boards to Monitor Jails, Includes Human Rights Panel Member

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The primary objective of the Board of Visitors is to protect the human rights and human dignity of inmates in prisons. Boards have been formed at the district level for all 20 prisons in Haryana.

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The government has taken a major step to protect the human rights of prisoners in Haryana's jails and eliminate any kind of discrimination. A 'Board of Visitors' has been constituted at the district level for all 20 jails in the state. The Prison Department of the Haryana Government has issued a notification in this regard. The concerned Principal District Judge in each district will be the Chairman of this Board. Meanwhile, Justice Lalit Batra,…