Central Jail Hospital delhi

INTRODUCTION

Tihar Prisons have a history of reformation programmes in tune with the current correctional philosophy. Education, Cultural activities, Vocational activities and Moral Education etc. have been going on in Tihar Jails for a long time as a part of the efforts of the Prison Administration for reformation of the prisoners. In the last five years the process has accelerated and received world wide attention. The reformation package tried out by the Delhi Prison Administration is popularly termed as “New Delhi correctional model”, the basic characteristics of which are:

Bringing the community into the prison,
Formation of a self-sufficient community of prisoners,
Participative management.
This model strikes a balance between the approaches of “Privatisation of Prison administration” and the “Half way houses”. The New Delhi correctional Model has been presented and discussed in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch at UNO, Vienna and other international and national conferences. It has been deeply appreciated.

Tihar Jail Complex in New Delhi is one of the largest prison complexes in the world. It comprises of seven prisons in the Tihar Complex with a total population of around 12927 prisoners against a sanction capacity of 4000 prisoners. In a year about 70,000-80,000 prisoners remain lodged in these seven prisons for different duration. This prison population has about 80% undertrials and includes about 568 women prisoners with about 49 children below 6 years of age dependent upon them. About 362 prisoners are foreigners.

CONTACT US

In case of any problem in various jails the following officers can be contacted:-