Prisoners in the northern Indian state of Punjab have been granted conjugal visit rights. However, the scheme, India's first, has not been introduced countrywide and activists say this should change. DW's New Delhi reporter mkrish11 explores.
"It will improve marriage ties, reduce stress on prisoners and hopefully help in reformation. Priority will be for shortlisted prisoners with good behavior," said Harpreet Singh Sidhu, the state's director general of prisons, when the scheme started.
"There are a number of benefits of granting facilities like this especially as prisons are considered to be places of reformation and rehabilitation," she added.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatConjugal visits are allowed in many countries around the world to add incentives for prisoners to follow rules and maintain good behavior.
But the issue of conjugal visits currently remains in the hands of state-level courts. For example, the Madras High Court in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has ruled that conjugal visits are"a right and not a privilege."India's prison population continues to rise, with more than 554,000 prisoners recorded in 2021, an increase from around 466,000 in 2018. More than 77% of these prisoners are sitting in pre-trial detention, according to official figures.
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