Shimla, Feb. 23 -- The Himachal Pradesh government has amended all the caste based provisions in the Himachal Pradesh Prison Manual 2021 to ensure equality and elimination of caste based work allocation among prisoners, said a government spokesperson on Saturday.

The state government has inserted a paragraph in the manual prohibiting caste based discrimination in prisons and correctional institutions. The newly added provision, ensures that no discrimination, classification or segregation of prisoners will occur on the basis of caste. Whereas, it further mandates that there will be no discrimination of prisoners in allotment of any duty or work in prisons on the basis of their caste. It invokes the provision that prisoners will not be en...