The legal services authority would also provide advocates to the prisoners who are under- trial free of cost.
Director General of Prisons Mr Vinoy Kumar Singh on Wednesday said that the prisons department would send proposals to the government for leasing and renting Telangana prisons for lodging prisoners from other states which are overcrowded.
Hyderabad: Senior Civil Judge Shaik Madar Sahab conducted Lok Adalat session for Cherlapally prisoners on Wednesday. During the session, Shaik Madar Sahab enlightened the inmates about the legal services which are provided free of cost to the prisoners by the Legal Services Authority of Ranga Reddy district court and motivated them not to commit crimes for which they have been jailed.
He also said that the legal services authority would put up a recommendation to get bails sanctioned for prisoners who are in jail for petty cases. The legal services authority would also provide advocates to the prisoners who are under- trial free of cost, especially to prisoners belonging to ST community and those who are economically deprived.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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