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PM Khan forms committee to address issues faced by women prisoners

MM News Staff by MM News Staff
May 30, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a committee for the investigation and redressed of issues faced by women prisoners across the country.
According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, “The committee has been constituted taking into account the plight of the female prisoners, whether convicted or awaiting trial, in the overall context of gender biases prevalent in the society at large and issues associated therewith.”

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI has constituted a Committee to study and investigate the plight of women in prisons.

The Committee has been constituted taking into account the plight of the female prisoners, whether convicted or awaiting trial…

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— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 29, 2020

The step was taken to put in place institutional arrangements in order to address the issue in a comprehensive manner, the statement read.
The committee comprises Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari as its chairperson and the ministry’s secretary as secretary, while Interior Secretary, home secretaries and the inspectors-general of prisons of the four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) founder and executive director Sarah Belal and lawyer Haya Zahid were included as its members.

1.Federal Minister of Human Rights (Chairperson);
2.Secretary, Ministry of Human Rights (Secretary)
3.Secretary Ministry of Interior
4.Home Secretaries, Governments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan

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— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 29, 2020

 

The committee would “assess whether Prison Rules, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 and international best practices are being adhered to with respect to women prisoners, especially their protection, rights, health, security, and wellbeing”.

Terms of Reference (ToRs): https://t.co/Mcyz1sM8pp assess whether Prison Rules, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 and international best practices are being adhered to with respect to women prisoners, especially their protection, rights, health, security, and wellbeing;

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— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 29, 2020

While addressing the physical, psychological, emotional, and sociological needs, the committee would make sure the availability of gender-specific services for women prisoners. It would review prison rules and other relevant laws to suggest gender-specific changes for improvements for women inmates.

https://t.co/WJ03988DxU ensure that gender-specific services are available for women prisoners addressing their physical, psychological, emotional, and sociological needs

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— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 29, 2020

The committee would also “review the overall governance, legal aid, and management systems/processes in prison administration, especially with regard to women prisoners and to suggest improvements”.
The investigation body would review individual cases of human rights violations and victimization of women inmates and suggest measures for institutional accountability.
The living conditions of children accompanied by women inmates in terms of their education and social integration would also be assessed by the committee.
It would also “suggest a comprehensive and workable system of governance of jails in Pakistan with a view to ameliorating the plight of women in prison; review post-release programs to ensure that women prisoners are able to adjust in society after they leave the prison; and, any other task assigned to it by the Chairperson in the interest of the welfare and protection of women prisoners”.
Moreover, the committee was tasked to submit its report on the matter within a period of four months.

The Committee shall submit its report in the matter for further orders of the Prime Minister within a period of four (04) months

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— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 29, 2020

Earlier, a female prisoner in district jail Lahore had claimed that the administration of the jail, including DIG Prisons, allegedly involved in sexually harassing the female inmates.
The alleged rape victim disclosed in a video statement that DIG Jail, Malik Mubashir was also allegedly involved in this shameful and heinous act and he was aware of the whole matter.
In her video statement, the woman had demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar to order a transparent inquiry into the matter. 
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