Sign In
Learn bits
Index & Reports
Mahesh

20/09/22 06:15 AM IST

Mental Health

In News 
  • 9,180 prisoners with mental illness, 150 deaths by suicide, five prisoners with schizophrenia and epilepsy have died.
Key Findings 
  • Undertrial population makes up for over 70% of the prison population.
  •  More than half of those with mental illness were undertrials
  • Project 39A’s report: On mental health and the death penalty, Deathworthy, revealed that over 60% of death row prisoners had a current episode of mental illness.
  • Confined to prison causes -
  • Loss of liberty
  • Loss of close contact with loved ones
  • Loss of autonomy
Steps need to be taken 
  • Move beyond the treatment of individuals and towards identifying the social and underlying determinants of mental health in prisons.
  • We need to look at mental health in prisons from a social and structural perspective as well.
  • Reform, rehabilitation or reintegration(3Rs): They are meant to make prisoners confident in their lives, their choices and their ability to take decisions and be responsible and accountable for it.
Source- The Hindu 

More Related Current Affairs View All

18 Nov

AFSPA in Manipur

'The Manipur government has formally requested the Centre to reconsider and revoke the reimposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in six police station areas of

Read More

18 Nov

BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers

'With high levels of pollution in Delhi and smog blanketing the city, the Delhi government has introduced measures to improve the air quality.' The Graded Response Action Plan (

Read More

18 Nov

India’s first long-range hypersonic missile

'The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)  conducted a successful flight test of long range hypersonic missile from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odish

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps