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RTI

This program aims to review cases of undertrials, establish periodic review committees, improve the prison visiting system, and provide legal aid services in Rajasthan. Addressing challenges in RTI implementation, the initiative aims to break privilege barriers, ensure rights of undertrials, and tackle illegal detentions.

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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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