India, March 26 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suomotu cognizance of a media report that a total of 285 inmates died in different jails of Chhattisgarh over the past four years, with the highest number of 90 deaths in 2022 and 66 during January 2025 to 31st January 2026. Reportedly, the state government in the Assembly cited suicide and chronic ailments as the reasons behind the inmates' death.
According to the media report, carried on 23rd March 2026, prisons in the state are mostly overcrowded which is leading to increased spread of infections and mental stress among the inmates. Most prisons are facing a shortage of doctors and psychiatrists to attend to the...