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Provide data about children of women prisoners: Bombay High Court to government

A bench headed by justice VM Kanade also asked the government to file reply to suggestions made by Prayas — an organisation which works for the rehabilitation of children of women prisoners.

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The Bombay High Court has asked additional director general of prisons to file an affidavit by February 11, giving data about children of women prisoners who are kept outside the prison and are without any support.

A bench headed by justice VM Kanade also asked the government to file reply to suggestions made by Prayas — an organisation which works for the rehabilitation of children of women prisoners.

The bench gave the direction while hearing a suo-moto public interest litigation (PIL) taken up after a report was filed in 2014 by Vijay Raghavan, project firector of Prayas, on the children of women prisoners in the high court.

The report said that while women serve their sentence in prison, their children outside are neglected and often turn into school dropouts. Children above six years whose mothers are sent to jails are deprived of education, it further added.

The report suggested that the prison authorities should allow mulakat (meeting) of such children with their mothers in prison at regular intervals. Besides, social workers should be appointed to help in improving children-parent relationship.

Further, it said that women are produced before a court after their arrest in a case, the concerned magistrate or judge should ask them about their children and ensure that they well looked after. In case the children of women prisoners are not looked after by their families, then the police should produce them before the child welfare committee of the state government.

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