Context: Recently, Delhi’s High-Powered Committee (HPC) for the decongestion of prisons directed that a final 30-day extension on release will be given to the prisoners after which that they should return to prison. This push for repopulation of prison is reckless.
Problems related to the return of prisoners
Reasons for the increased prison population during Pandemic
Conclusion: It is the time to address the problem of over-arrests and inherent problems of policing and to carry out reforms to reduce the under trial prison population.