Dhaka, Sept. 14 -- The government is considering reducing the 30-year jail term for life-sentenced prisoners and releasing some elderly inmates after reviewing their sentences, an adviser said on Saturday.

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury disclosed the plan while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday after a meeting of the core committee on law and order.

"There are many challenges in prisons and reforms are necessary. Budget constraints are also an issue. Elderly inmates suffering from various illnesses require additional funds for treatment," he said.

The adviser said the current provision of life imprisonment defined as 30 years of imprisonment could be rationally reduced.

"We want to see wh...