The Shillong Times: Shillong: Sunday, June 17, 2018.
The Shillong District Jail has exceeded the
capacity of inmates lodged as there are 390 inmates as on February 8 as against
the official capacity of 150.
As per an RTI filed by CSWO president Agnes
Kharshiing, the jail population is shown as 390 (376 –male, 14-female) while
the official capacity is 150 (135-male and 15-female). The number of prisoners
exceeding as on February 8 is 240.
Further the Director General of Prisons, Meghalaya
said no juveniles were imprisoned in the jail in 2016 and 2017.
The RTI further revealed there are 22 Under Trial
Prisoners (UTPs) as on January 31 who have been granted bail by the Court but
not having sureties.
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