NHRC calls for adopting rights-friendly measures

Kathmandu - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says the Central Prison has more inmates than its capacity. NHRC secretary Ved Prasad Bhattarai, in a press release on Monday, stated that a monitoring carried out by the constitutional commission found there were 3,164 inmates in the Prison as against its capacity of housing 1,250 individuals.

The press release states that because of the crowding problems related to drinking water, lack of toilets, sanitation and maintaining social distancing were found. The NHRC has been monitoring the human rights situation of the inmates in jail and detainees in custody in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.