The jails of Uttar Pradesh (UP), overcrowded and understaffed, are in no position to house gaushalas (cow shelters) as the state government recently proposed. The capacity of jails across UP is 49,434, but they hold 88,747 inmates, the data reveal. Source: Prison Statistics 2015, National Crime Records BureauEnough manpower to manage prison, prisoners and cows? Naini Jail in Allahabad already has a gaushala,” minister of state for jails Jai Kumar Singh had said of government plans for jail gaushalas. Furthermore, human rights activists have often raised the subject of the living conditions of prisoners in jails.

Source: Hindustan Times June 29, 2017 03:45 UTC