Prison Reforms
Checking, Correcting and Preventing Human Rights Violations through
Community Involvement in Prisons

Resources

While beginning our work in India, we faced lot of difficulties in getting across people and institutions concerned with Prisons, Prisoners, Human Rights in the context of Prisons and Criminal Justice & Crime Prevention.

Knowing that other NGOs, individuals and researchers working on prison related issues are also similarly placed and to prevent wastage of time, it is our endeavor to share the contacts that we have built up over the years.

We have organized the resource contacts under the following heads - United Nations, International Resources [International NGOs, other national resources in some countries of Africa, Asia and the United Kingdom] and Indian Resources. We have given brief profiles of institutions and individuals and where the website of a particular resource is comprehensive; we have allowed them to speak for themselves. We thank Mr. Nikhil Roy, formerly with the Penal Reform International, London for having helped us in the initial stages for building up a good database of international resources.

This list is not exhaustive and we would request the readers to share information and contact details of other such individuals and organizations which are doing good work in the fields mentioned above.

We have also recently compiled some information about detention in other parts of the Commonwealth – please click here.

United Nations

United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders [UNAFEI]
Contact : Tomoko Akane, Acting Deputy Director
1-26 Harumi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0057, Japan
Tel: +81-42-3337021
Fax: +81-42-3337024/4656
Email: unafei@moj.go.jp
Website: http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/index.html

United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders [UNAFRI]
Director
P.O. Box 10590, Kampala, Uganda
Fax: 25641-222623
Email: unafri@unafri.or.ug / unafri@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.unafri.or.ug

United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention [CICP]
P.O. Box 500
A-1400 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Tel: 43-1-26060-4269
Fax: 43-1-26060-5898
Website : http://www.uncjin.org

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute [UNICRI]
UNICRI Headquarter
Viale Maestri del Lavoro
10 - 10127 Turin, Italy
Tel. (+39) 011 653 71 11
Fax (+39) 011 631 33 68

Antenna office in Rome:
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
FAO Building E220/222 - 00100
Rome, Italy
Phone: (+39) 06-57050250, 06-57050252
Fax: (+39) 06-57050256
E-mail: unicri@unicri.it
Website: http://www.unicri.it

United Nations Development Fund for Women [UNIFEM]
Headquarter in Newyork
Contact : Ms. Noeleen Heyzer
Executive Director
304 E45th Street
15th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: +1 (212) 906-6400
Fax: +1 (212) 906-6705

South Asia Regional Office
Contact : Ms. Chandni Joshi,
Regional Programme Director
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
223 Jor Bagh,
New Delhi - 110 003
Tel: 91-11-4698297, 4604351,
Fax: 91-11-4622136, 4627612
E-Mail: chandni.joshi@undp.org

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network [UNCJIN]
Serves as an electronic clearing-house for criminal justice related issues coordinated by the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention Vienna
Website: http://www.odccp.org/uncjin.html

United Nations International Children's Educational Fund [UNICEF]
UNICEF House, 73,Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110003
Tel: 91-11-24691410 Fax : 24627521, 24691410
Email:india@unicef.org
Website:http://www.unicef.org

United Nations Latin American Institute
for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
[ILANUD]
Contact : Rodrigo Paris (Ph.D),
Executive Director
Calle 17, Aves 6 y 8
San Jose
P.O. Box 10071-1000
Costa Rica
Email: ilanudcd@racsa.ra.cr


United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Headquarter
Contact : Antonio Maria Costa,
Executive Director
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500
A-1400 Vienna
Austria
Telephone: +43 1 26060 0
Fax: +43 1 26060 5866
E-mail: unodc@unodc.org

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [OHCHR]
Palais des Nations 8-14 Avenue de la Paix CH-1211, Genève 10
Tel: [41-22]917-9000
website: http://www.unhchr.ch

International Resources

A. International NGOs

Amnesty International
Headquarter
99-119 Rosebery Avenue
London
EC1R 4RE
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 20 7814 6200
Fax: +44 20 7833 1510
Website: www.amnesty.org.uk

Regional Office
C-161 4th Floor
Gautam Nagar
(Behin Indian Oil / Gulmohar Commerical Complex)
New Delhi 110 049
INDIA
Telephone: +91 11 2685 4763
Fax: +91 11 2651 0202

Human Rights Watch
2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9HF, UK
Tel: 44 20 7713 1995, Fax: 44 20 7713 1800
Email : hrwuk@hrw.org
Website : http://www.hrw.org/prisons

International Centre for Prison Studies [ICPS]
Contact : Andrew Coyle, Director
3rd Floor, 26 - 29 Drury Lane, LONDON, WC2B 5RL
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7848 1922, Fax +44 (0) 20 7848 1901
E-mail: icps@kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.prisonstudies.org


Penal Reform International [PRI], London. PRI is an international non-governmental organisation working towards penal reform in different countries of the world. It has members in over 80 countries of the world. It provides technical expertise and practical advice to NGOs and governments seeking to make specific reforms to their penal systems and helps penal reform activists and specialists to set up non-governmental penal reform organizations in their own countries. It also helps in developing models for alternatives to imprisonment as a form of punishment.
Contact : Paul English, Executive Director
Unit 450
The Bon Marche Centre
241 - 251 Ferndale Road
London, SW9 8BJ
United Kingdom
Tel. : 44 (0)20 7924 95 75
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7924 96 97
E-mail : headofsecretariat@penalreform.org
E-mail: headofsecretariat@penalreform.org
Website: http://www.penalreform.org
Among other things, this website also provides further links to a number of other International NGOs, Resource groups and individuals working on Prisons.

VERA Institute of Justice
Contact : Christopher E. Stone,
Director
233 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10279
phone: (212) 334-1300
Fax: (212) 941-9407
Website - http://www.vera.org

B. Resources in other countries

Africa

Botswana

DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights.
Contact : Ms. Alice Mogwe, Director
Private Bag 00416
Gaborone
Botswana
Southern Africa
Tel: + 267 390-6998
Fax: + 267 390-7778
E-mail: legal.ditshwanelo@info.bw

The Gambia

African Commission on Human and People's Rights [ACHPR]
Contact: SE Salamata SAWADOGO (Burkinafaso),
Chairperson
90 Kairaba Avenue
P.O. Box 673
Banjul
The Gambia
Tel. [220] 392962 / 372070
Fax: [220] 390764
Email : info@achpr.org / salamatas@yahoo.fr
Website : http://www.achpr.org/index.html


Namibia

Legal Assistance Centre [LAC].
Head Office
Contact : Mr Clement Daniels,
Director
4 Körner Street, Windhoek
PO Box 604, Windhoek, Namibia
TEL: +264 (0)61 223356
FAX: +264 (0)61 234953
E-mail: info@lac.org.na
Website: http://www.lac.org.na

Nigeria

The Human Rights Law Services [HURI-LAWS]
Contact : Frances Ogwo, Executive Director
2nd Floor, Maritime Complex
34, Olorogun Micheal IBRU Boulevard
(formerly Creek Rd.)
P.O.Box 3169,Apapa Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: 234-1-4741081, 7918917
Fax: 234-1-5454554
E-mail: hurilaws@hurilaws.org
Website: http://www.hurilaws.org

Uganda

Foundation for Human Rights Initiative [FHRI]
Plot 1853 Lulume Road, Nsambya, Kampala
P.O. Box 11027, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: (256-41) 510263, 510498, 510276
FAX: (256-41) 510498
E-mail : fhri@fhri.or.ug
Website : www.fhri.or.ug


Asia

Bangladesh

Ain O Salish Kendra [ASK]
Contact Person: Dr. Mohammad Bashiruz Zaman,
Executive Director
26/3 Purana Paltan Line, Dhaka 1000, P.O. Box 3252, Bangladesh
Phone No.: (880-2) 831-856
Fax No.: (880-2) 831-856
E-mail: ucep@citechco.net

Bangladesh Legal Aid Service Trust [BLAST]
Contact : Ziaul Hasan, Director
14/1 (4th Floor), Segunbagicha, Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh
Tel: 880-2-9349126
E-mail: blast@bangla.net

ODHIKAR
3/6 Shegun Bagicha
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Tel: +008-02-9560173
Fax: +008-02-9567280
e-mail: odhikar@bangla.net

Hong Kong

Asian Human Rights Commission
Contact : Basil Fernando, Executive Director
19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building,
998 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hongkong S.A.R.
Tel: +(852) - 2698-6339 Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367
Email: ahrchk@ahrchk.org

Indonesia

Indonesian Legal Aid Association(YLBHI)
Jl. Diponegoro No. 74
Jakarta 10320
Indonesia
Tel: 62 21 314 5518
Fax: 62 21 330 140
Email: ylbhi@ylbhi.org or ylbhi@indo.net.id
Web : www.ylbhi.org

Pakistan

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Contact : Mr. Tahir Mohammad Khan,
Chairperson
Aiwan-I-Jamjoor, 107-Tipu Block
New Garden Town, Lahore - 54600
Tel: (042) 5838341-5864994-5865969
Fax: (042) 5883582
Web site: www.hrcp-web.org
E-mail: hrcp@hrcp-web.org

Singapore

Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise [SCORE]
407 Upper Changi Road North
20km (within Prison HQ Complex)
Singapore 507658
Tel: 6214 2853 / 2823
Fax: 6546 0871
Email: scorebd@singnet.com.sg


Europe

Canada

International Center for the Prevention of Crime
Contact : Myriam Ezratty, Chair of the Board
507, Place d'Armes,
Suite 2100
Monstreal, Quebec,'
Canada H2Y2W8
Tel: 514/288.6731
Fax: 514/288.8763
Email: cipc@crime-prevention-intl.org

Finland

The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control
Affiliated with the United Nations [HEUNI]
Contact : Kauko Aromaa, Director
P.O. Box 157
00121, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 9 1825 7880
Fax: +358 9 1825 7890
Email: kauko.aromaa@om.fi / heuni@om.fi
Website: http://www.heuni.fi/

Italy

International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences
Via Agati 12
96100 Siracusa Italy
Tel: 39-0931-414515/16

The International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council (ISPAC)
C/o Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale
3, Piazza Castello-20121 Milano, Italy
Tel: 39 02 86 46 07 14
Tel: 39 02 86 46 07 14
Fax: 39 02 72 00 84 31
E-mail : Cnpds.Ispac@cnpds.it
Website : http://www.ispac-italy.org

Northern Ireland
Contact : Ms Paddy Sloan, Chief Executive
Temple Court,
39 North Street,
Belfast,
BT1 1NA
Tel: 028 9024 3987.
Fax: 028 9024 7844.
Email: info@nihrc.org

Sweden
Raoul Wallenberg Institute
Prof. Gudmundur Alfredsson, Director
P.O.Box 1155, S-22105 Lund, Sweden
Tel: +46-46-222 1200
Fax: +46-46-222 1222
Website : http://www.rwi.lu.se/
Email : gudmundur.alfredsson@rwi.lu.se / secretariat@rwi.lu.se

United Kingdom

Independent Monitoring Boards Secretariat
2nd Floor
Ashley House
2 Monck Street
London
SW1P 2BQ
Tel: 0870 267 8149
Fax: 020 7035 2250
Email: imb@bov-secretariat.demon.co.uk

National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders [NACRO]
169 Clapham Road
London SW9 0PU
Tel 020 7582 6500
Fax 020 7735 4666
Email : communications@nacro.org.uk
Website : http://www.nacro.org.uk

Prison Reform Trust [PRT]
5 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0JR
By Telephone: 020 7251 5070.
By Fax: 020 7251 5076.
Email: prt@prisonreformtrust.org.uk
Website: http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk


Indian Resources

National Resources

South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Contact : Ravi Nair, Executive Director
B-6/6, Safdarjung Enclave Extension, New Delhi - 110029, India
Phone: + 91-11-26192717, 26192706, 26191120
Fax: + 91-11-26191120
Email :rnairsahrdc@hotmail.com / secretariat@aphrn.org
Website : http://www.aphrn.org


Bureau of Police Research and Development [BPR&D], Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
The Prisons department of BPR&D conducts training programmes and vertical interaction courses for prison officers and is presently engaged in drafting a Model National Prison Manual.
Contact: The Director General or Dr. B.V. Trivedi, Assistant Director
Block No. 11, 3/4th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
Email - dgbprd@bol.net.in, bprd1@ren02.nic.in
Website - http://www.bprd.org

Central Social Welfare Board [CSWB]
May be contacted for the care and rehabilitation of women prisoners.
Contact: Mrs. Mridula Sinha, Chairperson
Samaj Kalyan Bhavan, B-12, Tara Crescent, Institutional Area, South of IIT, New Delhi-110 016
Tel:(++91-11) 26866483 [O], 23016112 [R]

Department of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001.

International Committee of the Red Cross
Contact : Mr Nicod Vincent, Head of regional deleg.
Mr Przedpelski Robert, Media contact person
ICRC Regional Delegation
for South Asia
47, Sunder Nagar
NEW DELHI 110003
(covers Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives)
Tel.: (++91 11) 2435 23 38 - 2435 43 94
Fax: (++91 11) 2435 07 23 - 2435 32 50
E-mail : new_delhi.del@icrc.org
Website : http://www.icrc.org


National Commission for Women, [NCW]
Contact: Dr. [Mrs.] Poornima Advani, Chairperson
4 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi - 110 002
Tel: (++91-11) 23236204 [O], 23354826 [R]. General telephone numbers: 23237166, 23236988
Fax: (++91-11) 23236154. Complaints Cell: 23222369
Email : member_secretary@ncw-india.org
Website : http://www.ncw-india.org


National Crime Records Bureau [NCRB], Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
It Brings out annual Crime in India figures and Prison Statistics
East Block - 7, R.K. Puram, New Delhi - 110 066
Tel: (++91-11) 26172324, 26101767
Fax: 26186576, 26197984
Email: ncrb@vsnl.com, ncrb@bol.net.in
Website: http://www.ncrb.nic.in

National Human Rights Commission, [NHRC]
Contact: Shri Chaman Lal, Special Rapporteur for Custodial Justice
Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi - 110 001
Tel: (++91-11) 23344345 [O]. General telephone numbers of NHRC: 23361611, 23361175, and 23340123. Mobile [For complaints after office hours and during holidays]: 9810298900
Fax: 23340016, 23366537
E-mail: nhrc@ren.nic.in
Website: http://www.nhrc.nic.in

National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, [NICFS]
Among other things, it conducts contact and training programmes for prison officers
Contact: Mr. Sharda Prasad, Director
Sector 3, Rohini, Outer Ring Road, New Delhi - 110 085
Tel: (++91-11) 27277687.

National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development, [NIPCCD]
May be contacted for issues concerning women prisoners and children of prisoners both inside and outside prisons
Contact Dr. Dinesh Paul, Joint Director [Child Division] or Mr. K.K.Singh
Joint Director [Women's Division]
5, Siri Institutional Area
Opposite Hauz Khas Police Station
New Delhi-110 016
Tel: 011-26963204, 26963002

National Legal Services Authority [NLSA]
Contact: R.C. Chopra, Member Secretary
12/ 11, Jam Nagar House, New Delhi - 110 011
Tel: (++91-11) 23389682, 23385321, 23382778
E-mail: nalsa@bol.net.in
Website: http://causelists.nic.in/nalsa/

Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
Contact : B.P.Bhatt, Member Secretary
109, Lawyers' Chambers,
Supreme Court Compound,
New Delhi-110 001
Ph. Nos. 23388313, 23073970, 23381257
E-mail : sclsc@nic.in

Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women
Mrs. Margaret Alva
Member of Parliament and Chairperson
Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women
Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110 001

People's Action for Mental Health [PAMH]
Prof. R. Srinivasa Murthy, Prof of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
National Institute of Mental Health an Neuro Sciences [NIMHANS]
P.O.Box No. 2900, Bangalore-560029
Tel: 080-6995251,6995261 [O]
Email: Murthy@nimhans.kar.nic.in


The Art of Living Foundation
It organizes meditation courses for prisoners in different states of India. For complete details on course and other centres around the world, please visit their Website: http://www.artofliving.org

Mr. S.N. Goenka
He has been teaching and conducting Vipassana meditation courses for prisoners of all hues for the past 27 years all over the world with remarkable transformative effect. For details on Vipassana Meditation; it's reformative impact on prisoners; courses in jails and centres across India and around the world, either visit their website or write to -
Vipassana International Academy
Dhamma Giri, P.O. Box No. 6, Igatpuri, Nasik, Maharashtra - 422403
Tel: 02553-2244076, 2244086
Fax: 2244176
E-mail: info@giri.dhamma.org
Website: http://www.dhamma.org

B. State and Union Territory wide resources

Andhra Pradesh

Mr. M.R. Ahmed, DIG [Prisons], [Andhra region]
He is a trained trainer for training prison officers in human rights of prisoners.
Opposite Central Prison, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh - 533 105
Tel: 040-24566897 [O],24577747 [R]
9848172937 [M]
Fax: 24400099
E-mail: riazuddinahmed@rediffmail.com

Chandigarh

Institute of Correctional Administration
Among other things, it organises training courses for prison officers from Northern India
Contact Dr. [Ms.] Upneet Lalli, Deputy Director
Central Polytechnique Complex, Hostel No. 3, Sector 26, Chandigarh
Tel: 0172-790055/58
Telefax: 790055.


Delhi

Prof. B.B. Pande, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Delhi.
Has been working on juvenile justice and prison related issues for a number of decades now and had field programmes in Tihar Central Jail, Delhi for providing free para legal services and legal literacy to indigent prisoners. Is presently in the committee of the BPR&D on drafting the Model National Prison Manual.
C - 11, Delhi University Teachers Flats, Chattra Marg, Delhi University, Delhi - 110 007
Tel: (++91-11) 27667387 [R]
E-mail: bbpande@hotmail.com

Dr. Hira Singh
Was formerly Director of the National Institute of Social Defense; Member in the All India Committee on Jail Reforms [1980-83] and Consultant to the National Human Rights Commission and the BPR&D on Prison related issues and an expert on juvenile justice issues.
183, Munirka Vihar, New Delhi - 110 067
Tel: (++91-11) 26189063 [R].

Mr. Sunil Gupta, Law Officer, Tihar Central Jail, New Delhi
Tel: (++91-11) 25621605 [O].

Action Aid, India
It is a development funding agency and supports around 300 voluntary organizations across the country on issues like worsening status of women, dalits, children deprived of education, drought and chronic hunger, rights of persons with disabilities and discrimination and exploitation of vulnerable groups like the tribals and the homeless. It has started a long-term project on the impact of the criminal justice system on poor and marginalized sections of the society.
C-88, South Extension, Part II, New Delhi - 49
Tel: (++91-11) 51640571-76
Email: aaindia@actionaidindia.org
Website: http://www.actionaidindia.org

AIDS Awareness Group [AAG]
AAG has been working in Tihar Central jail for eight years now and caters to HIV/ AIDS infected prisoners and provides free legal services to indigent prisoners.
Contact: Mrs. Elizabeth and Mr. Siddharth Vatsayan
119, Humayun Pur [Ground floor], Safdurjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029
Tel: (++91-11) 26187953/54 [O]
E-mail: aag@mantraonline.com
Website: http://www.aagindia.org/

India Vision Foundation [IVF]
Set up by Dr. [Mrs.] Kiran Bedi in 1994 it works in the fields of - Prison reforms, Education of Children of Prisoners, Education in urban slums, Drug Abuse Prevention, Crime Prevention and Police reforms, Empowerment of Women, Physical and Mental Disability, Rural Development and Promotion of Sports.
Contact: Ms. Kamini Gogia, Organising Secretary. 2 - Talkatora Lane, New Delhi - 110 001
Tel: 011-23094761, Mobile: 9811056000
Fax:23094061
E-mail: ivfindia@vsnl.com
Website: http://www.indiavisionfoundation.org

Navjyoti - a Delhi Police Foundation for Correction, De-addiction and Rehabilitation
Set up by Dr. [Mrs.] Kiran Bedi in 1987, it has been actively providing community services in the fields of - Drugs and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment of Addicts and their Rehabilitation, Education of Women and Children, Street and Working Children in Slums, Empowerment of Women, Children of Women Prisoners and Rural Development
Contact Ms. Arvinder Kaur, Organising Secretary
Address 1: Vikas Bhawan, Sanjay Amar Colony, Yamuna Pushta, New Delhi - 110 006
Telefax: (++91-11) 23866312, 23866316, 23866403
Address 2: 3rd Floor, Sarai Rohilla Police Station, New Delhi - 110 007
Tel: (++91-11) 23610490
Telefax: 23515075
E-mail: Navjyoti@del2.vsnl.net.in
Website: http://www.drughelpline.org

World Health Organisation [WHO],India
Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi- 110002
Tel : 011-23317804
WHO Headquarters, Avenue Appia 20,
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Tel:00 41-22-7912111, Fax: 7913111
Website: http://www.who.int/en


Haryana

Penal Reform and Justice Association [PRAJA]
It is the sister organisation of the Penal Reform International. Presently it is engaged in projects on the mental health and care of women prisoners and their children in the state of Andhra Pradesh other than helping the government of Andhra Pradesh to successfully introduce 'Community service' as an alternative to imprisonment. In the past it has helped in the training of prison officers in human rights
Contact Dr. [Mrs.] Rani D. Shankardass, Secretary General
7A&B, Sector 14, Mehrauli Road, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122 001
Tel: 0124-2323564, 2323959 [O]. [From Delhi dial 9124 instead of the STD Code]. Fax: 0124-2323959
E-mail: mail@prajaindia.org

Karnataka

Prison Ministry India [PMI]
It has branches in different states of the country. It's members and volunteers are engaged in providing moral and adult education, counseling to prisoners, education to children of prisoners, organise cultural activities in prisons and work towards the rehabilitation of prisoners
Post Box No. 3410, Yuvachethana Colony, 2nd Cross, Venkatpura, Koramangla Post Office, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560 034
Tel: 080-25520859, 25523722 [O]
E-mail: pmin@vsnl.com, pmin89@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.pmin.org

Madhya Pradesh

Mr. S. K. Das
Director General of Prisons
Madhya Pradesh Prison Head Quarters
Old Central Jail Campus
Jail Road
Arera Hills, Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0755-2558198 [O]

Mr. Subroto Banerjee
Principal Secretary [Jails], Madhya Pradesh
Room No. - 448, 4th Floor, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal.
Tel: 0755-2441037 [O], 2441447 [R]

Mr. A.K. Rawat
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons
Tel: 0755-2573150 [O]
2557893 [R]

Mr. R.S. Vijayvargia, DIG (Law), Prison Head Quarters.
Old Jail Campus, Jail Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0755-2573403 [O]

Dr. Lalji Mishra, Superintendent, Jabalpur Central Jail
Madhya Pradesh - 482 002
Tel: 0761-2621752 [O]

Dr. Suhel Ahmed, Superintendent, Ujjain Central Jail
Bhairugarh, Ujjain
Tel: 0734-2551020 [O]

Mr. G.P. Tamrakar, Superintendent, Gwalior Central Jail
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Mr. Mansharam Alawe, Superintendent, Rewa Central jail
Tel: 07662-252563 [O]

Ms. Miriam Thomas
Advocate
Nirmala Convent
Lalipur, Mandla
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 07642-250604 [O]

Ms. Radha Bhatt
Joint Secretary
Kasturba Gandhi Trust
Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission [MPHRC]
Contact: Justice [Retd.] R.D. Shukla, Chairperson
Paryavas Bhawan, Block 1, Arera Hills, Jail Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - 462 011
Tel: 0755-2764505 [O]. General Reception numbers: 2572034
Fax: 2574028
E-mail: mphrc@bom6.vsnl.net.in

Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Women [MPSCW]
Contact: Dr. [Mrs.] Savita Inamdar. Chairperson
Office Address: B Block, Old Secretariat, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - 1
Tel: 0755-2531427 [O], 9827031855 [M]
Fax: 2542394
Dr. [Ms.] Sonal Amin, Member.
Residential address: 7/11, University Road, 'Kinal' Pachpedhi, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482 001
Tel: 0761-2601407

Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority [MPSLSA]
Contact: Justice D.P.S. Chauhan, Executive Chairperson
574, South Civil Lines, Jabalpur
Tel: 0761-2327652, 2327651 [O]
Fax: 2328267
E-mail: root@mplsa.mp.nic.in

Dr. G.S. Bajpayee
Department of Criminology
Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University
Sagar, MP

Madhya Pradesh Women's Finance and Development Corporation
MR. M.K. Chaturvedi
General Manager
24, Maharana Pratap Nagar
Zone-2, Bhopal, M.P.
Tel: 0755-2557783, 2557622 [O]
Fax: 2557783

Department of Women and Child Development
Government of Madhya Pradesh
Dr. [Mrs.] Pragya Awasthi
Joint Director
4th Floor, Paryavas Bhawan
Block-2, Arera Hills
Bhopal, M.P.
Tel:0755-2555414[O]

Sudhar-Social Work in Prison
Mrs. Surekha Talari
Coordinator
HIG A/11. Block A, MPSRTC Building Complex
City Depot, Jawahar Complex
City Depot, Jawahar Chowk, Near Bhadbhada Road, Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 0755-5221405 [O],2774436[R]
Email: sudhar_prison@rediffmail.com

SOS Children's Village, Bhopal
Dr. K.N. Pathak, Director,Khajuri Kalan road
Piplani, Bhopal-462021, M.P.
Tel: 0755-2757588, 2755217[O]
Fax:2687625
Email: sosbhopal@sancharnet.in

Maharashtra

Dr. Arvind Tiwari
Reader, Department of Criminology and Correctional Administration
Tata Institute of Social Sciences. P.B. No. 8313, Deonar, Sion-Trombay Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 088
Tel [O]: 022-25563290-96
E-mail: tiwari_a@tiss.edu

Mr. George A. Vettikunnel, Research Officer
Inspectorate of Prisons, Central Building, Pune, Maharashtra - 411 001
Tel: 020-6138048 [O]

Nava Jivan Mandal
It is one of the oldest organisations in India that is working towards the rehabilitation of prisoners and has retired police and prison officials, reformed prisoners, social workers, etc. as it's members
Contact: Mr. S.A. Ranade, Director
26 Shukrawar Peth, Bhaumaharaj Lane, Pune, Maharashtra - 411 002
Tel: 020-24481282

Prayas
It provides legal services to poor prisoners and helps in their rehabilitation after released by providing them with technical training and helping them to self-sustainable jobs. They post their staff at police stations, court complexes to give help to people who need it urgently. Their work extends to Observation home for children, Special homes for delinquent juveniles and protective homes for women. They also work for children of prisoners
Contact: Mr. S. Vijay Raghavan, Director
9/ 1, B.D.D. Chawls, Worli, Mumbai - 400 018
Tel: 022-24902285, 24947156 [O]
E-mail: prayas1990@rediffmail.com

Rajasthan

Mr. R.K. Saxena, Retired Inspector General of Prisons [Rajasthan]
He was Director in the All India Committee on Jail Reforms, popularly known as the Mulla Committee. Presently he is the Chairman of the Rajasthan Prison Regulations Amendment Committee, Jaipur that is entrusted with the job of drafting a new Prisons Act and Prisons Manual for the state of Rajasthan
P - 27, Madhuwan West, Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Tel - 0141-2711725

Mr. Shyam Sunder Bissa, Superintendent, Jodhpur Central Jail, Rajasthan
He is also a trained trainer in training prison officers in human rights of prisoners
Tel: 0291-2513094, 2513382 [O]

Rajasthan Human Rights Commission
Contact: Mr. Justice Saghir Ahmed, Chairperson or Mr. B.L. Joshi, member, SSO Building, Government Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan - 302 005
Tel: 0141-2380107, 2380565 [O]
Fax: 2381738

Tamil Nadu

Regional Institute of Correctional Administration [RICA], Vellore
Among other things, it organises training courses for prison officers from Southern India
Contact: Mr. RadhaKrishna Chetty, Director or Dr. Sumitra Sundar, Assistant Director
Vellore, Tamil Nadu - 632 002
Tel: 0416-2222907, 2216507 [O]
Email: rica-vir@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.rica.gov.in

Society for Educational and Economic Development [SEED]
It has been working for the children of prisoners and helps them to meet their parents in custody, provides them with market oriented income generating skills and training, etc. It provides them with hostel facilities where necessary
Contact: Mr. Ramaswami Palaniswamy, Director
Opposite to PWD Inspection Bungalow, Chennai Bangalore Highway, Venkatrangam Pillai Chatiram, Sriperumbadur, Tamil Nadu - 602 105
Tel: 04111-2362322

Chhattisgarh

Dr. K.K. Gupta, Superintendent, Raipur Central Jail, Chattisgarh
He is credited with initiating reforms in the Bilaspur Central jail along with the then Commissioner of Bilaspur Division, Mr. Harsh Mander. They had introduced the concept of Transparency in jail administration and he was also instrumental in getting an NGO - 'Abhiyan' to start classes for children of women prisoners outside the jail.
Tel: 0771-2526313 [O], 2529232 [R].

Chhattisgarh State Human Rights Commission
Contact : Shri K.A.Jacob, Acting Chairperson
Smt. Anita Jha, Deputy Secretary
Near Mantralaya, Raipur-492001
Tel(O):0771 2235592 Tel(R):0771 5052265
Fax : 0771 2235590
E-Mail :cghrcryp@sify.com