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PUBLICATIONS: Prison Reforms
Inside Karnataka Prisons - a study on prison conditions
Inside Punjab Prisons - a study on prison conditions
Menstrual Hygiene Management in India’s Women Prisons
An Assessment Of Changes in Provision of Legal Aid
2022
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Jail Mail: Menstrual Hygiene Awareness Week
(2023)
Periods in Prison – A Short Report on Menstrual Hygiene Management in India’s Women Prisons
(2023)
Jail Mail Prison Reforms in Karnataka: Our Impact Story
(2023)
Inside Punjab Prisons: A study on prison conditions Part A
(2023)
Inside Punjab Prisons: A study on prison conditions Part B
(2023)
Inside Karnataka Prisons: Volume 1
(2022)
Inside Karnataka Prisons: Volume 2
(2022)
Guilty till proven innocent? Safeguarding the rights of pre-trial detainees across the commonwealth
(2022)
Jail Mail: Prisons and Parliament – Budget Session 2022
(2022)
Jail Mail: Prisons and Parliament – Monsoon & Winter Session 2021
(2022)
Study on Functioning of Undertrial Review Committees – From April to June 2020
(2022)
Ten Things You Should Know About Indian Prisons: CHRI’s Analysis of Prison Statistics India 2020
(2022)
Jail Mail – Ten Things You Should Know About Indian Prisons 2020: Based on NCRB’s PSI 2020
(2022)
Responding to the Pandemic: Documenting Services by Legal Services Institutions – Volume 1
(2021)
Responding to the Pandemic: Documenting Services by Legal Services Institutions – Volume 2
(2021)
Jail Mail – Lessons learnt from the Pandemic: Ensure Right to Adequate Healthcare in Prisons
(2021)
Jail Mail – Legal Services Day 2021
(2021)
Jail Mail : Nelson Mandela Day 2021
(2021)
Jail Mail-Release of CHRI’s Report ‘Disconnected: Videoconferencing and Fair Trial’
(2021)
International Director’s Message on the Release of CHRI’s Report ‘Disconnected: Videoconferencing and Fair Trial Rights’
(2021)
Disconnected- Videoconferencing And Fair Trial Rights
(2021)
Video Conferencing Hearings and You
(2021)
Jail Mail: Prisons and Parliament – Budget Session 2021
(2021)
CHRI writes to the CJI seeking directions to address concerns of rising COVID-19 cases in prisons
(2021)
Jail Mail : “The bitter truth is that our prisons are overcrowded…”
(2021)
Children in Conflict with Law (Seven Stages from Apprehension to Release)
(2021)
Jail Mail – International Women’s Day 2021
(2021)
Guide on Defending Asylum Seeking / Refugee Children in Deprivation of Liberty in India
(2020)
Responding To The Pandemic: Prisons And Overcrowding 2020 – Volume 1
(2020)
Responding To The Pandemic: Prisons And Overcrowding 2020 – Volume 2
(2020)
Lost Identity: Transgender Persons in Indian Prisons
(2020)
Prisons and Parliament- Monsoon Session 2020
(2020)
Jail Mail – Legal Services Day 2020
(2020)
JAIL MAIL: WERE INDIAN PRISONS EQUIPPED TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC? -CHRI’s Analysis of Prison Statistics India 2019
(2020)
RIGHTS BEHIND BARS (2020) – Landmark Judicial Pronouncements 2010-2019
(2020)
Hope Behind Bars? An Assessment Of Changes in Provision of Legal Aid For Persons in Custody, 2018 – 2020
(2020)
Ten Things You Should know about Indian Prisons- An Analysis of Prison Statistics India 2019
(2020)
Under Trial Review Committees and You
(2020)
Report of the National Consultation on Prisons: Ensuring an Effective Response to COVID-19
(2020)
Legal Aid & Children
(2020)
JAIL MAIL- NELSON MANDELA DAY 2020: THE NEED TO MONITOR PRISONS
(2020)
World Refugee Day 2020 – Every Action Counts
(2020)
Checklist For Monitoring Prisons based on The Ministry Of Home Affair’s ‘Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Handling Arrested Persons, Detainees and Inmates During the Pandemic’
(2020)
Handbook of Formats: Ensuring Effective Legal Services
(2020)
JAIL MAIL- MENSTRUAL HYGIENE IN PRISONS
(2020)
Menstrual Hygiene & You
(2020)
Recommendations on Ensuring Menstrual Hygiene in Prisons
(2020)
Jail Mail: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT – WINTER SESSION 2019 AND BUDGET SESSION 2020
(2020)
CHRI’s Note on COVID – 19 and the Role of Undertrial Review Committees
(2020)
CHRI’s Note to assist the Supreme Court constituted ‘High Powered Committee’ for release of prisoners amid COVID-19
(2020)
Roles & Duties of Para-Legal Volunteers Murshidabad
(2020)
Roles & Duties of Para-Legal Volunteers North 24 Paraganas
(2020)
COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth: ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’
(2020)
Jail Mail: COVID-19 and Prisons in the Commonwealth ‘Ensuring an Effective Response’
(2020)
Covid-19 and Prisons: Ensuring an Effective Response
(2020)
101 Questions on Prisons You Didn’t Know Whom to Ask
(2020)
Jail Mail: International Women’s Day 8th March 2020: ‘Securing rights of women prisoners’
(2020)
STANDARDS BEHIND BARS: Securing Rights of Women Prisoners
(2020)
Legal Awareness: Poster on Steps from Arrest to Appeal
(2020)
Legal Awareness: Poster on Legal Aid
(2020)
Legal awareness material: NALSA SOP on Representation of Persons in Custody
(2020)
Legal awareness material: Visitor’s Guide on Mulaqat
(2020)
Legal awareness material: ‘Apnar Legal Aid’ – A Play on the Right to Legal Aid of Indian Prisoners
(2020)
Legal awareness material: Rabeya Ya Ruksana
(2020)
JAIL MAIL: Ten Things You Should Know About Indian Prisons – An Analysis of NCRB’s Prison Statistics India 2018
(2020)
Looking into the Haze 2019 – Second National Report on Prison Monitoring in India
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: LEGAL SERVICES DAY 2019- LOOKING BACK AT AN EVENTFUL YEAR
(2019)
Urgent Action Desk established from Roundtable Consultation with Key Stakeholders on Strangers to Justice
(2019)
International Legal Aid Group (ILAG) Newsletter No.46
(2019)
Legal Aid Services IN Correctional Homes of West Bengal – Second Watch Report
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: Ten Things You Should Know About Indian Prisons- An Analysis of Prison Statistics India 2017
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT – MONSOON SESSION 2019
(2019)
Inside Haryana Prisons: A Report
(2019)
Micro study on the payment of Legal Aid Lawyers
(2019)
Connecting the Dots – A handbook for paralegals assigned to police stations and prisons
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: NELSON MANDELA DAY Ten Things You Must Know About Indian Prisons
(2019)
Frequently Asked Questions by Indians Imprisoned Abroad
(2019)
Legal Aid for Prisoners: Status Report on the Implementation of Three Schemes in Rajasthan 2019
(2019)
A Report on Excessive Delay of Cases and Prolonged Pre-trial Detentions
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: MAPPING DATA ON INDIAN PRISONS 2019
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT – BUDGET SESSION 2019
(2019)
JAIL MAIL: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT – WINTER SESSION 2018
(2019)
Strangers to Justice: A report on foreigners in Indian prisons
(2019)
JAIL MAIL -Prisons & Parliament Monsoon Session 2018
(2019)
Road to Release- Fourth Watch Report on Rajasthan’s Periodic Review Committees
(2018)
Report on Proceedings – Launch and Consultation of CHRI’s National Study on Legal Aid for Persons in Custoy- Hope Behind Bars?
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: IMPRISONMENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES
(2018)
Report on Roundtable on Pretrial Detention and 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: Human Rights Day 2018 -Prison Reforms: “Has anything changed on the ground?”
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: KEY TO TRANSPARENCY: CHRI’S GUIDEBOOK ON RTI AND PRISONS
(2018)
Key to Transparency – Your Guide to using the Right to Information Act, 2005, to collect data about Indian Prisons
(2018)
JAIL MAIL- LEGAL SERVICES DAY- LOOKING BACK AT AN EVENTFUL YEAR 2018
(2018)
Ten things about Legal Aid
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: SAFEGUARDING RIGHTS OF THE ARRESTED
(2018)
HOPE BEHIND BARS? STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL AID FOR PERSONS IN CUSTODY: Volume 1
(2018)
HOPE BEHIND BARS? STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL AID FOR PERSONS IN CUSTODY: Volume 2
(2018)
Brief Of The Key Findings And Recommendations From The Report “Hope behind bars”
(2018)
Recommendations on Legal Aid at Police Station
(2018)
Legal Aid at Police Stations
(2018)
Consultation on Model SOP on Repatriation of Indian Nationals from Foreign Prisons
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: NELSON MANDELA DAY
(2018)
Report on Panel Discussion on ‘Reducing Pre-Trial Detention in the Commonwealth’
(2018)
Bringing Them Home, Repatriation of Indian Nationals from Foreign Prisons, A Barrier Analysis
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT – BUDGET SESSION 2018
(2018)
Guide for Prison Officers Refugees & Asylum Seekers
(2018)
A Basic guide – Defending Asylum Seekers in Detention (Bengali)
(2018)
Monitoring the Monitors – A Micro Study on Monitoring Committees in West Bengal
(2018)
A Basic guide – Defending Asylum Seekers in Detention
(2018)
Flyer -Undertrial Review Committee
(2018)
Flyer -Legal Aid For Persons in Custody in India
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN PRISONERS
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: Beyond Prison Walls – Conversation on Prisoners’ Rights
(2018)
BEYOND PRISON WALLS – Conversation on Prisoners’ Rights
(2018)
Frequently Asked Questions by Foreign Nationals in Indian Prisons
(2018)
JAIL MAIL: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT 2018
(2018)
Report on Proceedings – Welfare Behind Bars- Recent Developments
(2017)
CHRI’s Draft Note on Video Conferencing Safeguards
(2017)
JAIL MAIL: LEGAL SERVICES DAY: LOOKING BACK AT AN EVENTFUL YEAR
(2017)
Roles & Duties of Para-Legal Volunteers on 2nd May 2017 at Patherdabi, New Collectorate Building, Howrah
(2017)
JAIL MAIL: PRISONS AND PARLIAMENT
(2017)
Prison Legal Aid Clinics in West Bengal: Bringing Justice Closer?
(2017)
Order of the Supreme Court on directing set up of committee to develop training manual for prison staffs vide case order dated 2nd May 2017
(2017)
Roundtable on Repatriation of Indian Nationals in Foreign Prisons
(2017)
Report- Step inside an Indian Prison
(2017)
JAIL MAIL – PRESENTING THE REPORT OF CHRI’S NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON PRISON MONITORING
(2017)
CHRI’s Submission to NCRB on Prison Statistics India
(2017)
Presentation on the National Report on Under Trial Review Committees
(2016)
Presentation on the National Report on Prison Monitoring
(2016)
CHRI’s JAIL MAIL: The year that was: Taking stock on Legal Services Day
(2016)
Looking into the Haze: A Study on Prison Monitoring in India 2016
(2016)
Circle of Justice: A National Report on Under Trial Review Committees
(2016)
CHRI launches two reports on alarming conditions in Indian prisons
(2016)
A CHRI Breakdown and Commentary on National Prison Statistics
(2016)
Jail mail – Revisiting Reforms Through Under Trial Review Committees
(2016)
EPIC- Evaluation of Prisoner Information and Cases
(2016)
Training on Prison Visiting System for Non-Official Visitors (NOVs) on 19th & 20th January, 2016 in Jaipur
(2016)
Handbook on Referral Bodies in the Criminal Justice System: for socio-legal assistance for prisoners
(2016)
What is History Ticket ? – Poster
(2016)
CHRI Recommendations on NALSA (Free And Competent Legal Services) Regulations,2010
(2016)
CHRI’S QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPROVING LEGAL AID
(2016)
Jail Mail – Riots in Varanasi Jail : A Sequel
(2016)
Legal Aid Services : In Correctional Homes Of West Bengal 2015
(2016)
Capacity Building Workshop for Prison Ministry India Volunteers on Socio Legal Assistance for Prisoners
(2016)
Summary of CHRI’s First National Watch Report on the Functioning of the Under Trial Review Committees: Compliance to ‘Re-Inhuman Conditions In 1382 Prisons’
(2016)
Jail mail -RIOTS IN VARANASI JAIL … SOME HARD FACTS ABOUT UTTAR PRADESH JAILS
(2016)
Submission to Parliamentary Committee on Basic Principles of the Public Defender System
(2016)
Order of the Supreme Court on expanded mandate of the Periodic Review Committee vide case order no. 8 dated 4th April 2016
(2016)
Status of Legal Aid for Prisoners
(2016)
Guidebook for Prison Visitors – Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh – Hindi
(2016)
Guidebook for Prison Visitors – Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh – English
(2016)
The working of the CHRI’s Legal Aid Clinic, Swadhikaar
(2016)
Arrest Procedures and Practices
(2016)
Role of Magistrate at First Production
(2016)
Undertrial & the Criminal Justice System
(2016)
Right to Information and Criminal Justice System
(2016)
Rights of Women in Prison
(2016)
Rights of the Accused – Hindi
(2016)
Prison Visiting System – Hindi
(2016)
Prison Visiting System – English
(2016)
Legal Research
(2016)
Law Clinics in Prisons
(2016)
Juvenile Justice Court on its Own Motion vs. Department of Women and Child Development (2012)
(2016)
Juvenile Justice Act & Rules
(2016)
Human Rights Lawyering
(2016)
History of Prison Reforms
(2016)
EPoD – Evaluation of Period of Detention
(2016)
Alwar Study – Right to Legal Representation and Access to Justice for All
(2016)
Undertrials: A Long Wait to Justice
(2016)
Looking into the Haze: A National Picture of Prison Visiting System
(2016)
Opening up Prisons: Status of Proactive Disclosure of Prison Department in Rajasthan & West Bengal
(2016)
Using the RTI ACT for protecting the rights of prisoners
(2016)
Foreign Prisoners: Standards and Reality
(2016)
Civil Society & Corporate Participation Roundtable, 2016
(2016)
Rajasthan HC shows the way in reducing unnecessary detention: State-level consultation held on use of POA and PRC
(2016)
Workshop on Prison Visiting System on February 14-15, 2012
(2016)
In the International Human Rights Week, CHRI celebrates the release of Johra Begum, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar who was in detention for the last 6 years
(2016)
Non-Official Visitors Workshop, Jodhpur -2nd & 3rd August, 2013
(2016)
Training for Non-Official Visitors on 19 and 20 January in Jaipur
(2016)
The Missing Guards: Rajasthan government must act now to repair its broken court production system
(2016)
Advancement of Social Responsibility within Rajasthan Prisons: Interactions among Civil Society Organisations and Corporates
(2016)
Release and Repatriation of Afghan National after spending 14 years in Jodhpur Central Jail
(2016)
MHA’s Guidelines for Entry in Prison
(2016)
Consultation on Access to Legal Aid in West Bengal on 21st March 2015
(2016)
Recommendations to Directorate of Correctional Services, West Bengal on compliance with Section 4, RTI Act – II
(2016)
Recommendations to Directorate of Correctional Services, West Bengal on compliance with Section 4, RTI Act – I
(2016)
Recommendations to National Human Rights Commission on Juvenile Justice
(2016)
Submission to UN Council Meeting
(2016)
Recommendations to Parliamentary Committee on Legal Aid -English
(2016)
Recommendations to Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority on Remand & Bail Scheme
(2016)
Joint submission to Justice Verma Committee
(2016)
Ready Reckoner Series – Probation – West Bengal
(2016)
Ready Reckoner Series – Access to Legal Aid in the CJS – West Bengal
(2016)
Reader on Method & Skills of Legal Research
(2016)
Reader on women and children in custody
(2016)
Reader on Legal Aid
(2016)
Reader on Bail & Bond
(2016)
Reader on Arrest & Remand
(2016)
Guidebook for Prison Visitors – Hindi
(2016)
Guidebook for Prison Visitors English
(2016)
Legal Aid for Prisoners : Status Report on Implementation of three schemes in Rajasthan
(2016)
One day consultation with Trainee judicial officers on The Role of Magistrates at First Production held on 15th December 2015 in Jodhpur
(2015)
Jail Mail: Remembering Prisoners – Legal Services Day (Hindi)
(2015)
Jail Mail: Remembering Prisoners – Legal Services Day (English)
(2015)
Jail Mail: Abolish Solitary Confinement (Hindi)
(2015)
Jail Mail: Abolish Solitary Confinement (English)
(2015)
Jail Mail:The Missing Guards (Hindi)
(2015)
Jail Mail:The Missing Guards (English)
(2015)
Rajasthan Periodic Review Committees -Third Watch Report
(2015)
One day workshop on 23rd December at Delhi on ‘Civil Society Participation in Monitoring of Prisons’
(2015)
Recommendations to Regional Institure for Correctional Administration on Prison Visiting System
(2015)
Unacceptable Incident of Mob Lynching of accused man held in Central Jail Dimapur
(2015)
Bhim Singh vs. Union of India
(2015)
Orientation of Remand & Bail Lawyers in Jodhpur
(2015)
Orientation of Remand & Bail Lawyers in Alwar
(2015)
Arrest Procedures at Rajasthan Police Academy
(2015)
Access to Legal Aid in West Bengal
(2015)
Undertrial Review Committees: Setup and Functioning in West Bengal Joint study by CHRI & Directorate of Correctional Services, WB
(2015)
Swadhikaar – Hindi
(2015)
Swadhikaar – English
(2015)
Shadinota
(2015)
Mentally Ill Prisoners – Hindi
(2015)
Mentally Ill Prisoners – English
(2015)
Probation of Offenders Act
(2015)
Undertrial Review Mechanism
(2015)
History Ticket (Pamphlet)
(2015)
History Ticket (Poster)
(2015)
One day roundtable on Civil Society & Corporate Participation in Prisons held on 17th February, Jaipur
(2015)
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiave vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors WP(Civil) 6459/2014
(2015)
Sensitization of Officers of Correctional Homes on Human Rights and Refugee Protection
(2014)
The Missing Guards – A Study on Rajasthan’s Court Production System
(2014)
State Information Commission Order on Foreign National Prisoners
(2014)
Recommendations to National Human Rights Commission on Prison Reform
(2014)
Reader on Probation of Offenders Act
(2014)
Early Access To Legal Aid: Stages of Pre-Arrest And Arrest
(2014)
Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar; 2014(8)SCALE 250 : Importance of Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
(2014)
Capacity Building Workshop For Prison Officials
(2014)
Marathon legal Aid Clinic in Women Reformatory, Jodhpur
(2014)
Legal Refresher Course on Pre-trial Justice in Rajasthan
(2014)
Legal Aid Services in Correctional Homes of West Bengal,Joint study by CHRI & Directorate of Correctional Services, WB
(2014)
Prison Visitors – Towards Effective Monitoring of Rajasthan Prisons
(2014)
Undertrial Review Mechanisms in West Bengal
(2014)
ROAD TO RELEASE – A Watch Report on Rajasthan’s Periodic Review Committees
(2014)
Johra Begum @ Jahiri Bibi vs. The Union of India & Ors. W.P. 14050 of 2014 & WP 33910 of 2013
(2013)
CHRI Report 2013 Court Watch – WB
(2013)
Lalita Kumari vs. Govt. of UP – Compulsory registration of FIR
(2013)
Alternatives to Imprisonment- Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
(2013)
Roundtable on Civil Society Participation in Prisons
(2013)
Training of Convict Paralegals in Jodhpur
(2013)
Training on Prison Visiting System & Role of Non-Official Visitors
(2013)
Legal Aid Clinics in West Bengal
(2013)
CHRI vs State of WB. WP 56 OF 2013
(2013)
Legal Aid Regulations for Persons in Custody (2010 and 2011)
(2012)
CHRI vs State of WB. W.P. 7058 (W) of 2012
(2012)
Probation Officers Training Program
(2012)
State Level Coordination Meeting on the Criminal Justice System vis-a-vis Prisoners
(2012)
Legal Aid Reform Meeting with Civil Society
(2012)
Training on Law And Legal Aid – Welfare Officer
(2012)
Suo Moto vs. State of Rajasthan WP (Civil) 2808/2012 – 2
(2012)
Suo Moto vs. State of Rajasthan WP (Civil) 2808/2012 – 1
(2012)
Ms Maja Daruwala v State of WB & Ors. W.P. 8105 (W) of 2011
(2011)
Rajasthan Prison Visiting System – A Study on Role Perception and Role Knowledge of Non-Official Visitors
(2011)
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiave through Maja Daruwala vs. State of Maharashtra. Criminal PIL No. 12 of 2010
(2011)
Alwar Study- The Right to Legal Representation and Access to Justice
(2011)
Prison Officials’ Duties (Hindi)
(2011)
Undertrials – A Long Wait to Justice
(2011)
Undertrial Prisoners and the Criminal Justice System (SCC 2010)
(2010)
MONITORING PRISONS A Visitor’s Guide Original Edition 2010, Revised and Re-printed 2017
(2010)
Maharashtra’s Abandoned Prisons – A Study of Sub-Jails
(2010)
Standards Behind Bars – Maharashtra
(2010)
Standards Behind Bars – Orissa
(2010)
Standards Behind Bars – West Bengal
(2010)
Standards Behind Bars – Rajasthan
(2010)
Conditions of Detention in the Prisons of Karnataka
(2010)
Pre-trial Detention and Access to Justice in Orissa
(2010)
Imprisonment and The Law A Report On The Proceedings
(2009)
Consultation on Monitoring a Prisons
(2009)
Rights Behind Bars – Landmark Judicial Pronouncements and National Human Rights Commission Guidelines
(2009)
Right to be Released on Bail under Sections 436/436A CrPC in Hindi
(2009)
Right to be Released on Bail under Sections 436/436A CrPC in English
(2009)
Liberty at the Cost of Innocence: A Report on Jail Adalats in India
(2009)
Community Participation in Prisons – A Civil Society Perspective
(2008)
Handbook for Prison Visitors in Telugu (Jailu Sandharsakula Karadeepika)
(2005)
Prison Visiting System – Pamphlet
(2003)
Handbook for Prison Visitors
(2003)
Training for Non-Official Visitors to Prisons of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur: Series of Workshops
(2001)
Training for Non-Official Visitors to Prisons of Madhya Pradesh at Gwalior: Series of Workshops
(2001)
Behind Bars…A Closer Look: Prison Visiting System, Madhya Pradesh
(2000)
Prisons and Human Rights
(1998)
Recommendations on Prisoners’ Rights
(1995)
