ISSN (Print) - 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846

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Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The vulnerability of our criminal justice system stands exposed in the second COVID-19 wave.

 

An Idea of a Prison

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data suggests that the percentage of convicts particularly from among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Muslims are disproportionately higher to their respective population.

Action on Prison Data

The number of Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims in jail is far higher than their proportion in the population.

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