Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain and Shraddha murder case accused Aftab are being discussed a lot these days in Tihar Jail. Some videos related to Satyendar Jain have also come to the fore, due to which the excitement has increased in the political circles. After many news related to Tihar Jail, now many types of questions are being asked about the jail. People are interested in how the prisoners live in Tihar and how they are taken care of by the government. Also, people want to know how big Tihar Jail is and how many prisoners are living there now. So know some interesting facts related to Tihar Jail…
How is Tihar Jail?
Tihar Jail is not only India’s largest jail, While it is counted among the largest prisons in the world. Also, it is considered to be the largest jail in South Asia and it is divided into several parts, it includes 9 Central Jails. Different prisoners live in each jail and the prisoners have been divided on the basis of their name, gender, crime and punishment. It is said that it is spread over an area of about 400 acres and businesses like paper making, tailoring, pottery, shoe making and baking are also running from it. Next, if we talk about the prisoners living in it, many big personalities of India have gone to Tihar Jail. Let us tell you that there are three important jails in Delhi, which include Tihar, Rohini and Mandoli. There are 9 Central Jails in Tihar, the rest are included in Central Jail Rohini and Mandoli.
How is it decided which prisoner will stay where?
Those prisoners are kept in jail number-1, whose name starts with ‘S’ and ‘Y’ alphabet. Prisoners with a sentence of 10 years or more are kept in Jail No-2. Those prisoners whose name starts with B, V, C, D, E, F and G are kept in jail number-3. Those prisoners whose name starts with A and R are kept in jail number-4. Along with this, prisoners are distributed with different alphabets. Prisoners with less than 10 years of sentence are kept in jail number-5. Women are kept in jail number-7. Similarly, prisoners have been divided according to each jail.
How many prisoners can stay?
A capacity of 16 Central Jails is fixed. , But most of the jails have more prisoners than their capacity. If we look at the figures of the year 2019, then prisoners are living in many jails up to four times the capacity. In 2019, the capacity of the entire jail was 10026, but at that time there were 17534 prisoners in the jail. Please tell that the number of under trial prisoners is very high here.
What are the facilities for the prisoners?
– Health care of prisoners There is a team of about 100 doctors to keep, which includes specialist, senior resident, resident. Apart from this, there is also a large number of 71 nursing staff. Along with this, there is also a 120-bed hospital for the jail and there is a special arrangement for the emergency. People associated with can meet him.
– Full care is taken for the safety of the prisoners.
– Clean and nutritious food is provided to the prisoners.
– Prisoners are allowed to meet their relatives and family members. Time is given.
– Prisoners are taken care of for education, religion etc. with the help of NGOs.
– Prisoners are given free legal information.
– There is a system of video conferencing for the prisoners regarding the proceedings of the court.
