New Delhi Dec 21 PTI The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government here to provide information on delinquent juveniles who landed in adult jails in the last five years and were subsequently sent to the child care institutions to better understand the systemic flaws Issuing a slew of directions to streamline the functioning of the juvenile justice delivery system the high court ordered the Delhi government to fill the seven vacant posts of District Child Protection Officers within six weeks It asked the city government to state when and how many juveniles were admitted to Tihar Rohini and Mandoli jails and then transferred to the child care institutions as well as the offences allegedly committed by them The bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul which was dealing with various issues pertaining to the interpretation and effective implementation of some provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act sought the information To better understand the systemic flaws that lead to delinquent childrenjuveniles ending-up in adult jails to begin with we direct the Govt of NCT of Delhi to furnish to this court the number of childrenjuveniles who were transferred from adult jails to juvenile justice homeschild care institutions in the last 05 years with the details of the numbers found in Tihar Rohini and Mandoli jails respectively along with the date they were admitted and the date on which they were transferred from adult jails to juvenile justice homeschild care institutions as also the offences with which they were charged Let this information be filed before the next date of hearing by the State said the bench also comprising Justice Anup J Bhambhani in its order dated December 16 The court directed that every Juvenile Justice Board JJB shall call for an Individual Care Plan and a Rehabilitation Card of a delinquent child from the Superintendent of the concerned home and review the progress of the child once every three months and issue necessary directions in case of unsatisfactory implementation It further stated that all JJBs must ensure that the post-release plan to recommend the aftercare for such child which is required to be drawn-up two months before heshe is due to leave a child care institution is placed before the concerned JJB and the child is produced before it two months before release The JJB must vet the post-release plan and issue necessary directions for its modification monitoring and implementation the court added The court noted that several pending cases of petty offences against juveniles have been disposed of by the JJBs and Individual Care Plans have been called in many matters On October 1 the court had ordered that all cases where inquiries against minors in allegedly in petty offences before JJBs are pending and remains inconclusive for over one year stand terminated with immediate effect It had noted that as per Section 14 of the Juvenile Justice Act the inquiry in such cases shall conclude in four months from the date of first production before the board unless the period is extended for a maximum of two months The Delhi government had subsequently told the court that 898 cases of alleged petty offences against minors which were pending and remained inconclusive for over one year were closed before the JJBs The court which had earlier pulled up the Delhi government for not complying with its direction to pull-the-plug on such cases emphasised that closure was not a mere formality and the rehabilitation and care of children in conflict with law was at the core of the entire exercise The court had directed that the process of age determination of a juvenile in conflict with law shall be completed within 15 days of filing of documents and ossification test by the investigating officer of the case The matter would be heard next on January 21 PTI ADS SA

New Delhi Sep 19 PTI The Delhi Prisons Department will soon kick-start a new initiative to impart professional training to inmates of Tihar Jail in various sports officials said on SundayPrison officials said two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar lodged in the Tihar jail after being arrested in the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl case which led to death of another wrestler will also be allowed to engage in the activities as a participant if he shows interestSushil Kumar is trained in wrestling but if he shows interest in playing badminton volleyball or any other sports which is being organised under the new initiative we will allow him to actively engage as a participant a senior jail official saidThis is the first time that inmates of Tihar jail will be trained in sports with the help of coaches in a more professional and scientific manner jail officials said Under the initiative sponsored by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited IOCL as part of their CSR project the inmates will be trained in six sports -- Kho-Kho volleyball badminton basketball chess and carrom they saidAccording to jail administration the IOCL will send professional coaches to Tihar twice a week to train interested inmates in each of these selected gamesThey will also provide necessary sports equipments and jerseys for 20 inmates in each sports a senior jail official saidDirector General Delhi Prisons Sandeep Goel said in collaboration with IOCL the inmates will be soon trained by professional coaches in various sportsSuch activities will help create a positive and healthy atmosphere inside the prison It will channelise their energy in a positive direction and most importantly will help in keeping themselves both physically and mentally fit as well as healthy he saidJail officials said interested inmates and those who are already trained in such sports will be trained by the professional coaches so that they can further engage other inmates in these gamesThey said the female inmates lodged in central jail number six will be trained in badminton chess and carromIt will also help these inmates in enhancing their performance in their annually held inter-jail sports competitions he saidIn the near future such professional sports activities will be initiated in jails of Rohini and Mandoli as well jail officials saidAccording to prison officials for over a month now no new Covid cases has been reported among the inmates or staffs Tihar Rohini and Mandoli jailsAccording to a latest data shared by authorities 13560 Covid vaccine doses have been administered to inmates in all the three jails of which 11609 were first doses and 1951 were second jabsThe total number of inmates and staff in all the three jails is 17100 prison officials said PTI AMP TDS TDS