Do not shift Attakulangara jail until further orders: HC
The Kerala High Court has ordered the state government to halt the relocation of the Women Prison and Correctional Home at Attakulangara. This decision follows a petition from the Sakhi Women’s Resource Centre, which raised concerns about the welfare of women prisoners. The case is scheduled for further hearing on June 23.
- ▪The High Court directed the government not to proceed with the prison's relocation without further orders.
- ▪The previous government had approved the move to Poojappura Central Prison, citing plans for a new high-level prison.
- ▪Concerns were raised about the inadequate facilities for women prisoners, including those with children and health issues.
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The Kerala High Court has directed the State government not to proceed with the shifting of the Women Prison and Correctional Home at Attakulangara to the Central Prison and Correctional Home, Poojappura, without further orders from the court.A High Court Bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the order on a petition by Sakhi Women’s Resource Centre, a not-for-profit rights-based organisation based in Thiruvananthapuram.The court has posted the case for June 23.In October last year, the then Left Democratic Front government had given the nod for relocation of the Attakulangara women prison to the old block of the Poojappura Central Prison.According to the government order issued then, the move was in line with plans to set up another high-level prison in the southern region of the…
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