E-Prisons

28th October, 2021 Polity

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Context:

The Union Home Ministry has advised the States to update recent photographs of prisoners released on parole/furlough/premature release in the "ePrisons" and "Interoperable Criminal Justice System" database to generate immediate alerts and facilitate easy tracking in the event of their violating the law.

Thee-Prisons, which aims at computerization of the functioning of prisons in the country, has been operationalised in all States and Union Territories.
e-Prisons data has been integrated with Police and Court system under the Inter-operable Criminal Justice System.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance of Rs.99.49 crores to the States and Union Territories (UTs) for this project and all funds have been released to them.
e-Prisons uses data maintained by the States and Union Territories on the National Prisons Information Portal as per protocols notified for e-Prisons.
The system can be accessed through the secure National Informatics Centre {NIC) network, exclusively by the authorized officials of Law Enforcement Agencies and Prisons, through Interoperable Criminal Justice System {ICJS)