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Prison Review Committee recast

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, APRIL 11. The Government has reconstituted the State Prison Review Committee with the retired High Court Judge, M.R. Hariharan Nair, as chairman. The committee will have the DIG of Prisons as convener and the Home Secretary, Law Secretary, Additional Director General of Police (Prisons), IG (Administration), Director of Social Welfare, DIG (Prisons) and a criminologist nominated by the Police Department as members.

The committee will recommend premature release of life convicts who have completed eight years of imprisonment for crimes other than professional or hired murder, posing a threat to national security, smuggling operations or murder of women, children, prison staff or public servants and those under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act.

The committee will meet at least once in three months and consider the cases of life convicts. The recommendations will be forwarded to the Government.

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