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STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATION PROPOSED BY THE REPORT PREPARED BY THE COMMISSION ON PRISON REFORM

Area of Reform Punjab KPK Sindh Balochistan Overcrowding in Construction of prisons: Construction of prisons: Construction of prisons: Authorized capacity: Prisons  Between 2012 and 2018, 08  No overcrowding in KPK  Construction of Several 2585, District Jails, 01 High Security Prisons Prisons started. Existing population: Prison and 01 Sub Jail have been  Recently Peshawar jail  The District Prison 1999. constructed. became functional. Malir being extended to  Construction of two new jails i.e.  Swat jail should also strengthen the existing No issue of District Jail Lodhran and High become functional soon. compound wall. overcrowding in the Security Prison Mianwali are  New Prisons planned in Prisons of Balochistan. underway. Expeditious case disposals: District Prison and in  Conversion of two judicial locks  Camp Courts are held on Shaheed Benazirabad ups in to sub jails also in process. each Friday by Judicial and Thatta with These steps will further reduce the Magistrates for disposal of capacity of 250 overcrowding from 42% to 30%. petty nature cases are being prisoners each. Probation and parole system: held. Some 2860 cases have  Construction of  Conversion of the Directorate of been disposed off. additional 10 new Parole and probation into  29 poor and convicted Barracks is underway in Probation and Parole Service has prisoners have been Malir Prison Karachi been completed. released upon payment of  Construction of  Implementation of the new Parole Diyat. additional 04 new Act, 2019 & amendments in  Further prisoners need to be Barracks underway in Good Conduct Prisoners’ released in similar manner. District Prison Probational Release Act, 1926 Shikarpur. (approved by Provincial Cabinet) Parole system: will be carried out soon.  Prisons Department KPK  Drafting of Parole Rules have has carried out a census and been completed and a Parole identified prisoners that can Board has been constituted. be released on parole.  Amendments in Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960 approved by Provincial Cabinet Introduction of PMIS: PMIS: PMIS: PMIS: centralized file  MoU signed with UNODC for  PMIS Installed in 14 jails  MoU signed with  MoU signed with management introduction of centralized file wherein 6 modules of UNODC for UNODC for management system. prison record, hospital introduction of introduction of system of  Operationalization of PMIS to be record, store inventory and centralized file centralized file Prisoners undertaken staff record have been management system. management system. digitized.  PMIS to be installed in  In collaboration with Mercy Petition Forms:  A letter of Agreement has Prison Inspectorate Police Department, been signed with UNODC General Sindh and training given to the  Ensure that Mercy Petition Forms to upgrade/extend the Regional Prisons staff for centralizing drafted by MOHR are used in the existing PIMS to all Jails in Inspectorate at Karachi, file management mercy petition process in their KPK. Hyderabad and Sukkur. system of each letter and spirit prisoner. Mercy Petition Forms: Mercy Petition Forms:  UNODC will inaugurate set up of  Ensure that Mercy Petition  Ensure that Mercy PMIS on 25-02-2020. Forms drafted by MOHR Petition Forms drafted  Work on Prisons of are used in the mercy by MOHR are used in Balochistan to start petition process in their the mercy petition within next six letter and spirit process in their letter months. and spirit Mercy Petition Forms:

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Lack of Training colleges set up: Training colleges set up: Collaboration with other Collaboration with awareness among  College for the training of prison  Prison Training Academy training institutes: other training both prisoners & staff in Sahiwal to start at Haripur under  200officials/officers of institutes: functioning soon. construction Sindh Prisons  Prison staff being sent Prison staff about  An officer of grade 21 already  Construction of Academy Department trained by to attend basic their rights appointed as a commandant of to be completed in June, UNODC in December training courses in staff College. 2020 2019 to use PMIS. NAPA Lahore, FC  Better synergy with  Better synergy with Training Center Collaboration with other training National Prison Academy National Prison Loralai, and PTC institutes: is needed through Academy is needed Quetta.  Agreements signed with different formalized institutional through formalized  Newly recruited 138 training institutes; Elite Police linkages. institutional linkages. staff members being Training School Badian, trained in Central Regimental Training Center Finance and Budget: Prison Mach. Mansar Camp Attock, Artillery  ADP Scheme (Rs. 57  NAPA requested to Training Center Attock, Million) Capacity Building increase seats for Commando / Pakistan Training at / Training of Prison Staff Balochistan. Ranger’s Training Center Lahore. approved  Currently, only 30%  Officers / officials of Prison  687 (Warders) trained till of the staff is trained Department getting trained at date in their basic recruit these academies course.  85 officers of Prison Department  Better synergy with have attended International National Prison Correctional Management Academy needed Training Center (ICMTC) through formalized Colorodo, USA. institutional linkages.  Better synergy with National Prison Academy is needed through formalized institutional linkages.

Remuneration of Prison Staff:  Government of the Punjab’s decision to upgrade and enhance the pay package of the prison staff at par with other components of criminal Justice System, especially Police Department.

Enhance training of incoming prisoners  Display of basic prison rules on main areas of jail premises is planned.  Efforts to create awareness among prisoners through various signs boards are also underway.  Awareness sessions for the inmate inside prisons to be planned.

Provision of Introduction of SOPs Rehabilitation Centres: Helpdesks No information adequate medical  SOPs have been set up for timely  Establishment of Drug  Establishment of health & psychological shifting of prisoners to the Dependents Rehabilitation desks by Provincial respective District Head Quarters. Center in Central Prison Health Department to counseling  Prison department have been Peshawar underway. do baseline screening is facilities directed to exercise the powers to  Proposal of Psycho Support proposed. shift the sick prisoners outside the Center for inmates in jail hospitals on emergency basis Central Prison Peshawar is in anticipation of the sanction of under consideration. the Government.  Rehabilitation Centre for prisoners with physical Up-gradation of Healthcare disabilities also under Department in Prisons process.  Specialized Healthcare Department directed to screen all ANNEXURE A 5

the prisoners of Central Jails and Primary  Secondary Healthcare Department proposed to provide services to all the Prisoners confined in all district jails of the Punjab.  Specialized Healthcare Department directed to design a Proforma to screen drug addicts and patients of Hepatitis B & C and HIV.

Treatment of Drug addicts  Detoxification of drug addicts with collaboration of health and social welfare departments introduced in 09 jails  Designation of 218 beds along with testing for identification of addicts in 09 jails Large number of Filling of posts: Filling of posts: Filling of posts: Filling of posts: vacant posts  Home Department Punjab has  Filling of posts through  Filling of 117 vacant  Sanction of 04 posts taken up the matter with Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa positions of Medical of psychologists (B- Department to employ medical Public Service Commission, Officers in Sindh 17) approved staff on urgent basis. NTS and PTS underway. prisons.  93 posts (all cadres)  17 psychologists and 19 junior lying vacant psychologists appointed in Prison  16 posts out of 93 Department. newly created/ sanctioned which will be advertised in near future.

Service Rules passing and implementation:  Proposal on the Service Rules submitted for approval of the Sub Rules Committee of S&GAD.  Promulgation and implementation of Service Rules required to fill these the posts. Lack of child Legal Aid provision: Legal Aid provision: Legal Aid provision: Legal Aid provision: care and legal aid  Provision of free legal aid is  Free legal aid is being  UNODC Legal Aid  Balochistan Prisons facilities being provided in coordination provided by referring Team Sindh aided 660 Department on the with District Bar, Lahore High cases to District Legal Prisoners basis of self-help has Court Bar Association and Punjab Empowerment  Legal Aid Office also started legal aid in the Bar Council Committees. providing legal aid to Quetta Prison only.  Lists of needy prisoners poor prisoners submitted to District & Sessions  1476 prisoners have Judges during their monthly visits benefitted till date. of the jails.  412 prisoners benefitted from free Women and Children: legal aid in last 3 years.  Female DIG also appointed to deal with Consular Access: issues of women and  155 foreign national prisoners juveniles exclusively in confined in Punjab Jails. prisons.  Consular access to foreign prisoners being provided. New Laws/ New Revision of Pakistan Prison Rules New Laws introduced: New laws shall be Prisons Rules  Revision of Pakistan Prison rules  ‘The Sindh Prisons and adopted after perusal of ANNEXURE A 7

1978 in line with international Corrections Services draft law promulgation guideline on the treatment of Act, 2019’ (Act) by either Punjab or offenders underway. passed. Sindh whichever suits  Constitution of committee to  Rules framed under this the conditions in prepare the draft rules that were Act have been Balochistan. identified for amendment, forwarded to Law deletion and review. Department for vetting.  Meeting convened on 21.01.2020 in Home Department to review the existing prison rules and propose further amendment in them.

New Laws introduced:  Draft Act 2019 for Inspectorate of Correctional and Custodial Services under consideration at Standing Committee of the Cabinet on Legislative Business focusing on: i. Probation & Parole Service ii. Child Protection iii. Prisoners’ welfare iv. Monitoring of correctional & custodial services to ensure international best practice Individual and Oversight committees: Oversight committees: Oversight committees: Oversight committees: institutional  Notification of Oversight  Notification of Oversight  Notification of  Notification of committees issued committees issued Oversight committees Oversight accountability  Regular visits conducted by them.  Regular visits conducted by issued committees issued them.  Regular visits  Regular visits External Mechanism: conducted by them. conducted by them.  Draft Act 2019 for Inspectorate of Correctional and Custodial Services completed  Officers of Human Rights Department, Punjab have been authorized to conduct surprise visits to all jail of Punjab.  A notification No. SO(MP)7- 28/2015 dated 07.02.2020 is issued by the Home Department Punjab.  45 Non-officials visitors belonging to different strata of the society have been appointed for the visits of all jails of Punjab.  Adoption of zero tolerance policy against the maltreatment and inhuman attitude towards the prisoners by Government of Punjab.  Prisoners to have the right to file complaint before inspection officers as well as to the learned District & Sessions Judges on their monthly visits.