Nagpur Today: Nagpur: Thursday, May 31, 2018.
The Central
Prison authorities in Nagpur are awaiting the court orders to execute 27
inmates who are on death row for various grave crimes. Various courts have
awarded death penalty to these 27 convicts who are now lodged in Nagpur Central
Prison. The jail has 9 foreign prisoners too including five women.
The
statistics were revealed in an RTI reply to a query posed by activist Abhay
Kolarkar under Right to Information Act (RTI). The RTI reply has further said
that the Central Jail has total 2,178 prisoners including 63 women prisoners.
327 jail inmates are awaiting the court verdict in their cases. The jail is
also hosting eight dreaded Naxals including one woman. The number of hardcore
criminals is 414 who are undergoing rigorous imprisonment while 357 inmates are
facing life imprisonment for their crimes. These prisoners are lodged in
different cells for years till the completion of their term of punishments. The
cells are called as Badi Goal, Chhoti Goal, Anda Cell et al. There is a
hospital and kitchen room too. Some inmates work in kitchen, while some are
taking treatments in hospitals. The maximum 1100 prisoners are in big cell,
while 700 are in small cell, while 21 in Anda Cell. The prisoners are lodged in
specific cells according to punishments announced by the courts.
Further, the
jail has one MPDA inmate, while 26 NDPS inmates are waiting for final
judgments. The seven prisoners of NDPS are in the jail as their crime was
proved in the court. As per RTI reply, 64 jail inmates tried to escape from the
jail. 84 criminals are facing MOCCA cases. The inmates get salary for the work
in the jail. The skilled labour receives Rs 61 and Rs 77 per day, while
semi-skilled inmates get Rs 55 per day as remuneration. The non-skilled
prisoners are paid Rs 44 per day. The new rates are applicable from August
2017. The different departments generated income from the work. The jail
inmates generated revenue of Rs 2.67 crore in the year 2017 and Rs 69 lakh in first
two months of the year 2018.