Tihar Jail On Course For Transformation: Free Legal Aid Clinic And ‘Oasis Centre’ Inaugurated At Prison Complex

Now, inmates and visitors of Tihar Jail will be able to avail the benefit of free legal advice with a new legal aid centre inaugurated in Asia's largest prison complex by Supreme Court's Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Delhi High Court's Chief Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel on Wednesday (25 September).

An 'Oasis Centre' to ensure mental, educational, and social development of the jail inmates was also launched on the occasion.

Tihar Jail Director General Sandeep Goyal told IANS that the new legal clinic had been set up in Jail no 4. The earlier centre to offer free legal advice to prisoners was in Jail no. 3, he added.

Justices G S Sistani and S Murlidhar of the Delhi High Court were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Justice Patel noted that setting up of a free legal clinic in the jail was a welcome measure, which would benefit both the prisoners and their families, especially those that were not well-off. He also said that the provision of legal advice would also enable the legal process to move faster.

The clinic will function from Monday to Friday, in normal office hours.

Goyal said that the Oasis Centre will be equipped with ACs, refrigerators and LED lights for the prisoners' benefit.

(With inputs from IANS.)