Prayas Annual Report for the Period from April 2017 to March 2018 Work in Prisons (Maharashtra) Mumbai, Thane and Latur Unit Mumbai Mumbai Central Prison Inputs and Interventions Regular prison visits and visits to NGOs were carried out. Home visits and court visits were made on a regular basis. Psycho-social support in the form of counseling was provided to inmates. Legal guidance and information was provided to inmates. Legal aid was facilitated to individual inmates as required. Support in the form of medical aid, telephone calls to family members and advocates, shelter and repatriation was provided to various inmates. Referrals to aftercare programs were made as appropriate. Two individuals are ready to provide financial support for the bail amount of the inmates. Outputs and outcomes A total of 326 inmates were contacted. 152 prison visits were paid. 175 inmates were counseled. Legal guidance and information was provided to 85 inmates. Legal aid was arranged for 33 inmates. 247 phone calls were made to family members, police stations, advocates etc. 28 inmates were provided with emergency support. Repatriation support was provided to 2 inmates. 5 inmates were referred to the Prayas Rehabilitation Programme (NGO Placement Programme). Follow-up with inmates post-release is being carried out with 26 inmates. Challenges Presently, many inmates are facing problem related to surety bail as their families are unable to arrange for the surety and nor can they arrange the big amount of cash bail. Future plans Issuing of Aadhar Card to the inmates in prison regularly, as it is an important document at the time of bail. Conduct more activities and programmes in the prison with the help of our Activity workers to motivate the inmates to approach our case worker. 1 Statistics - Mumbai Central Prison Broad Services Specific Services Statistics Work with cases Total outreach 326 Visits conducted Visits to prison 152 Home/family visits 19 Visits to court 31 Visits to police stations 4 Visits to NGOs - Visits to government offices /homes - Interventions Counselling (Psycho-socio support) 175 Legal guidance and information 85 Legal aid 33 Number of applications written - Phone calls to family members, police stations, 247 advocates etc. Emergency support 28 Education support - Rationing support - Medical support - Support for shelter - Repatriation 2 Referred to the Prayas Rehabilitation 5 Programme (after care programme) Follow-up after release 26 2 Byculla District Prison - Male Youth Section Inputs and Interventions Regular prison visits and visits to NGOs were carried out. Home visits and court visits were made regularly. Psycho-social support in the form of counseling was provided to inmates. Legal guidance and information was provided to inmates as required. Legal aid was facilitated to individual inmates as required. Support in the form of medical aid, telephone calls to family members and advocates, shelter and repatriation was provided to various inmates. Referrals to aftercare programs were made as appropriate. Outputs and outcomes A total of 211 inmates were contacted during this period. 96 prison visits were made. 110 inmates were counseled. Legal guidance and information was provided to 140 inmates. Legal aid was arranged for 64 inmates. 131 phone calls were made to family members, police stations, advocates etc. 26 inmates were provided with emergency support. Repatriation support was provided to 7 inmates. 9 inmates were referred to the Prayas Rehabilitation Programme (NGO Placement Programme). Post-release follow-up was done with 16 inmates. Challenges Post-release, inmates are not willing to join Prayas Rehabilitation Programme because they want immediate employment. Inmates have addiction problem hence they are not interested in joining Prayas Rehabilitation Programme. Many inmates do not have the required identity proof and residence proof documents hence their bail is pending. Future plans To organized vocational career oriented trainings and recreational sessions. To find and provide shelter and de-addiction facilities post-release. Inmates are demanding employment on their release from the prison. So help them in getting some employment as per their qualifications and skills. Regular and continuous home visits to released inmates to motivate them to join Prayas Rehabilitation Programme through counseling. To develop a programme to improve the relations between social worker and the police station personnel. 3 Statistics - Byculla District Prison - Male Youth Section Broad Services Specific Services Statistics Cases Total outreach 211 Visits Visits to prison 96 Home/family visits 14 Visits to court 25 Visits to police stations 8 Visits to NGOs 4 Visits to government offices /homes 2 Interventions Counseling (Psycho-social support) 110 Legal guidance and information 140 Legal aid 64 Number of applications written 20 Phone calls to family members, police 131 stations, advocates etc. Emergency support 26 Education support - Rationing support 7 Medical support 8 Support for shelter 5 Repatriation 7 Referred to the Prayas Rehabilitation 9 Programme (after care programme) Follow-up after release 16 4 Byculla District Prison - Women‘s Section Inputs and interventions Prison visits and visits to NGOs were carried out as planned. Visits to homes and families, the court and hospitals were made as per need. Psycho-social support in the form of counseling was provided to inmates as required. Legal guidance and information was provided to inmates as required. Legal aid was facilitated to individual inmates as required. Support in the form of medical aid, telephone calls to family members and advocates, shelter, and repatriation was provided to various inmates. Referrals to Prayas Rehabilitation Programme (NGO Placement Programme). Outputs and outcomes A total of 177 inmates were contacted. 57 prison visits were paid. 163 inmates were counseled. Legal guidance and information was provided to 115 inmates. Legal aid was arranged for 5 inmates. 349 phone calls were made to family members, police stations, advocates etc. 10 inmates were provided with emergency support. Rationing support was provided to 8 inmates. Shelter support was provided to 1 inmate. Repatriation support was provided to 1 inmate. 2 inmates were referred to the Prayas Rehabilitation Programme (NGO Placement Programme). Post-release follow was done with 10 inmates. Challenges Many inmates do not have the required identity proof and residence proof documents due to which their bail is pending. Number of women arrested u/s. 370 of ITPA has increased in prison. Social workers were not able to support the women because they are in a group. They are not willing to join the Prayas rehabilitation programme post-release as they are habitual. Since there are no regular police escorts to produce the inmates in the court on their respective court dates, there is overcrowding in the prison. Future Plans To increase the counseling for women inmates and informing them about Prayas Rehabilitation Programme. Networking and follow-up with the government legal panel for free legal aid to the inmates. 5 Statistics - Byculla District Prison - Women‟s Section Broad Services Specific Services Statistics Work with cases Total outreach 177 Visits conducted Visits to prison 57 Home/family visits 50 Visits to court 31 Visits to police stations 14 Visits to hospitals 19 Visits to NGOs 22 Visits to government offices 2 Interventions Counselling (Psycho-social support) 163 Legal guidance and information 115 Legal aid 5 Number of applications written 2 Phone calls to family members, police 349 stations, advocates etc. Emergency support 10 Education support 1 Rationing support 8 Medical support 1 Support for shelter 1 Repatriation 1 Referred to the Prayas Rehabilitation 2 Programme (after care programme) Follow-up after release 10 In the month of July, 2017 conducted 150 inmates session on ―Value of life and how to reduce stress‖ In the month of August, 2017 conducted 150 inmates informative session on ―Prayas Rehabilitation Programme‖ Sessions/Activities From the month of December, 2017 to 60 inmates conducted February, 2018 organised embroidery training programme through Jan Shikshan Sansthan. In the month of January, 2018 conducted 160 inmates one act play on ―Autobiography of Indian Social Reformer Savitribai Phule‖ 6 Work with Children of Prisoners – Byculla District Prison (Women‘s Section) Inputs and interventions Prison visits and visits to NGOs were carried out as planned. Visits to homes and families, the court, CWCs, schools, children‘s institutions and hospitals were made as per need. Psycho-social support in the form of counseling was provided to children for whom there was a need. Support in the form of establishing telephone contact with families, emergency assistance, education, provision of rations, and medical aid was provided as and when need arose for children of inmates. Legal assistance was provided in the form of follow-up with lawyers. Face-to-face mulakat was arranged between mother and child. Outputs and outcomes Prayas responded to 104 children of prisoners. 64 prison visits were paid. 38 visits were made to the various children institutions. 22 visits were made to Dongri CWC. 22 visits were made to Mankhurd CWC. 22 visits were paid to JJB/court. Counselling was provided to 99 children. 40 children were provided with emergency assistance. 13 children were provided medical assistance.