Srinagar, May 24 -- The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has amended the Union Territory's Prison Manual-2022 to prohibit the caste-based segregation in jails and defined criteria for declaring a person as "habitual offender".
According to amendments carried out by the LG-led administration in the Prison Manual, it shall be strictly ensured that there is no discrimination/classification/segregation of prisoners based on the basis of their caste.
"It shall be strictly ensured that there is no discrimination of prisoners in allotment of any duty/work in prisons on the basis of their caste," read the amendments, as per news agency KNO.
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