Bangladesh: Outrage to inhuman situation in Chittagong Central Jail

Dhaka, June 29 (IANS). The Chittagong Central Jail in Bangladesh has allegedly placed three times more prisoners than capacity, which forced them to live in a very crowded situation. Local media said on Saturday that the authorities took the initiative to create a new prison to handle the situation. However, no land was assigned despite repeated appeal by the prison department. The prominent Bangladeshi Dainik First Alo said the prison sources that six thousand prisoners live in prison on average, while it has the ability to hold 853 prisoners. The newspaper quoted the director general of the Prison Division Mohammad Motahar Hussain and said: ‘Currently, the number of prisoners in Chittagong is more than three times. Despite repeated requests, we do not get a new prison. If a new prison is built up, it can be developed as a reform in prison and the imprisonment would become. ” Earlier, the Chittagong District Administration said that the land in the jungle would still be illegally occupied and that it still had to be liberated before handing over to the prison authorities. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader and current mayor of Chittagong City Corporation, Shahadat Hussain, described the situation as ‘inhuman’. Hussain was jailed in connection with a political matter. The BNP leader told Bangladeshi Dainik: “There is excessive pressure on the prisoners. I saw that 100 people were kept in a limited area instead of 30-40. This is inhumane. It is inhumane. Due to sufficient space and a lack of toilets, prisoners must experience a lot of problems. had a capacity of 68 prisons, but had 53.831 prisoners.