56 lifers to be released from Jharkhand jails, CM directs monitoring, tracking of prisoners

Ranchi, January 10: Jharkhand state sentence review board has decided to release 56 prisoners serving life sentences in various jails across the state.

This consensus was reached after reviewing the point of release of 109 prisoners in the 30th meeting of the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday.

During the review, the opinions of the courts, Superintendents of Police of the concerned districts, Jail Superintendents and District Probation Officers were discussed in detail.

The Chief Minister told the officials that there should be continuous tracking and monitoring of the prisoners who are released from jail. Apart from this, initiatives should also be taken towards their rehabilitation so that, they remain in the mainstream.

The Chief Minister said that it has often been seen that the elderly prisoners who are released from jail, their families do not come forward to adopt them. In such a situation, they should be linked to the Universal Pension Scheme of the government, so that they do not have to wander here and there in such situations.

He also said that the released prisoners should be given the benefits of various welfare schemes of the government, so that they can get facilities in the direction of earning a living.

In this meeting, the officials told the Chief Minister that till the 29th meeting of the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board, 1831 prisoners had been released.

Officials also said that since the year 2019 till now, the houses of 457 prisoners have been surveyed by the District Probation Officers. Of these, 378 prisoners have been provided benefits of various government schemes, while the process of connecting other prisoners with government schemes is underway.