CIC asks Tihar authorities to give info on functioning of jail

Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu ordered Tihar to provide clear replies to RTI questions posed by an inmate Shehzad.

The inmate has asked from the authorities “the quantum of milk distributed every day in all jails and if non-volunteers do not get their quota of milk, does that stock of milk go into <g data-gr-id="34">black</g> market? Which officer is responsible for deficiency in <g data-gr-id="32">distribution</g> of milk in central jail number 5 in Tihar?” He had also asked if there is no Superintendent petition box for the past few years and whether the Director General Tihar knows this.

He also sought to know what disciplinary action is being taken against the officials as per the Jail manual. 

“Whenever an officer inspects <g data-gr-id="25">wards</g>, an entry is made in the register No.16A/16. How many times in the past three years, the Directing Officer visited Prison Wards? Though in Central Jail Serial No. 5, Tihar, Delhi, there is a 1000-litre water tank, still there is <g data-gr-id="29">serious</g> scarcity of water inside and tractors are transporting water into the jail. Why?<g data-gr-id="28">,</g>” he had asked.

Although Acharyulu appreciated Tihar authorities for providing responses to other queries, he asked them to consider points raised by Shehzad as complaint and furnish action taken <g data-gr-id="24">report</g>.

Acharyulu also directed that a report be provided “on the differential quality of food supplied to prisoners within one month from the date of receipt of this order and also to place on internet and on notice board under voluntary disclosure provisions the diet chart, standards of food for inmates suffering simple and rigorous imprisonment and children, besides medical services, redressal of 

grievances available at respective prisons.”