Fifty Six prisoners serving life imprisonment in various jails of the State will be released. The decision was taken after reviewing the point of release of 109 prisoners in the 30th meeting of the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. During the review, the opinions of the courts, Superintendents of Police of the concerned districts, Jail Superintendents and District Probation Officers were discussed in detail.
The Chief Minister told the officials that there should be continuous tracking and monitoring of the prisoners who are released from jail. Apart from this, initiatives should also be taken towards their rehabilitation, so that, they remain in the mainstream.
The Chief Minister said that it has often been seen that the elderly prisoners who are released from jail, their families do not come forward to adopt them. In such a situation, they should be linked to the Universal Pension Scheme of the government, so that they do not have to wander here and there in such situations. He also said that the released prisoners should be given the benefits of various welfare schemes of the government, so that they can get facilities in the direction of earning a living.
In this meeting, the officials told the Chief Minister that till the 29th meeting of the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board, 1831 prisoners had been released. Officials also said that since 2019 till now, the houses of 457 prisoners have been surveyed by the District Probation Officers. Of these, 378 prisoners have been provided benefits of various government schemes, while the process of connecting other prisoners with government schemes is underway.
In this meeting, Additional Chief Secretary of Home Jail and Disaster Management Department Avinash Kumar, Director General of Police Ajay Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, Principal Secretary of Law Department-cum-Legal Advisor Nalin Kumar, Inspector General of Police Manoj Kaushik, Jail Inspector General Umashankar Singh, Judicial Commissioner Ranchi Arun Kumar Rai, Jail AIG Hamid Akhtar and Probationer Officer Chandramouli Singh were present.
Notably, in the 29th meeting of the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board regarding the release of 41 prisoners serving life sentence in various jails of the state, it was agreed to release 28 prisoners. In the course of the review, approval was given for the release of 28 prisoners who were serving life sentences in various jails of the state, after a thorough discussion on the views of the Courts, Superintendent of Police, Jail Superintendent and Probation Officer of the concerned districts.
In the meeting, Chief Minister Hemant Soren had told the officials that social rehabilitation of the prisoners whose release was confirmed in the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board meeting is necessary. The officials of the concerned department should prepare a better action plan and work to connect these prisoners with the mainstream of the society. The CM had directed the officers that counselling of these prisoners should also be done from time to time. After coming out of jail, there should not be any hindrance in the life of these prisoners socially and economic problems should not arise, for this purpose, the work of connecting them with self-employment should also be done.