Female Prisoners Getting Pregnant, 196 Babies Living In Custody: Plea In Calcutta HC Seeks Prohibition On Entry Of Male Employees In Female Prisoners' Enclosure

A plea has been moved in the Calcutta High Court by the amicus curiae of all prisons in West Bengal, flagging instances of female prisoners getting pregnant while in custody in the correctional homes of the state.The plea was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya.I have observed that women prisoners in custody are getting...