Nepal's Prisons Overcrowded by 43%, Management Department Initiates Measures
Summary
Nepal’s prisons are 43% over capacity, with 27,798 inmates across 73 prisons, and the Prison Management Department says it is expanding infrastructure, transferring inmates, and using parole to ease the pressure. A new prison regulation has also introduced open-prison provisions, entrepreneurship centers, virtual court depositions, health insurance, and improved inmate facilities.
Key Points
- Nepal has 27,798 inmates in 73 prisons, leaving the prison system 43% overcrowded.
- The Department of Prison Management is expanding prisons in places such as Nuwakot, Jhapa, Banke, and others while also transferring inmates and using sentence reductions and parole.
- The new Prison Regulation 2083 adds open-prison provisions, entrepreneurship centers, IT-based prison management, virtual court depositions, health insurance, and better inmate benefits.
- Officials say parole has already released 2,900 inmates, with only a small share violating conditions.
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