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“Why did we not get lemons this season?”, Tihar prisoners file RTIs to get info

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Nimrat Kaur
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“Why did we not get lemons this season?”, Tihar prisoners file RTIs to get info
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Inmates of Delhi’s Tihar Jail have asked a set of questions to authorities under the Right to Information Act. “Why did we not get lemons this season?” “Are we entitled to two glasses of milk every morning ?” “In how many days will I get released ?” “Why are we not provided mosquito repellent?”, were among the various questions asked by the inmates. Most prisoners use it to get information about their jail time, entitlements and missing facilities. There are at least 14,500 prisoners lodged at Tihar, India’s most crowded jail. A senior jail officer said that former Congress youth President Sushil Sharma, convicted for killing his wife in the so-called tandoor murder case, is one of the high-profile inmates who helps prisoners access their legal rights through RTI. “Prisoners like Sharma have been behind bars for 22 years and have become well-versed in law and constitutional rights. They are like in-house lawyers for prisoners, helping them with their court cases, and especially in getting information from RTI,” said an officer. Sunil Gupta, who was Tihar’s law officer for 35 years till his retirement in 2016, said, “RTI applications are filed to get medical records from the jail. Prisoners visit doctors and are treated at the jail hospital. They do not have direct access to their medical papers, so they file applications to get those papers and submit them in court for bail or their treatment outside.” -PTC News-
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