Video Conferencing In Indian Jails

Over the past few years, the concept of video conferencing is brought in the fields of justice. The power of Internet is harnessing the lawyers to stay connected with their clients who are based in far-flung corners of the province. In this case both the lawyer and the prisoner are benefited in saving time and cost of travel.

It is a fact that there are some people whose family members are spending time in jails. Some jails no longer permit in-person visitors to visit the prisoners. In this situations it is served as an interface between inmates and their loved ones. This solution is an effectual, secured and cost effective option to traveling for visitation, court hearings and consolidations.

In India, the integration of Video Conferencing In Jails is been popularized in the recent years. There are lot of prisons around India where the conferencing solution is being executed.

The following are the few cases regarding the Indian jails which are integrated with the video conferencing solution:

Andhra Pradesh:

Andhra Pradesh is the first state in India to implement video conferencing solution. The links of video interaction are established between the Chanchalguda jail and Nampally City Criminal Courts. In this case the web conferencing solution is implemented to submit the accused to the magistrate court through virtual platform. By sitting in Nampally city criminal court complex, the chief justice and some other judges have conducted an interaction with some of the remand prisoners on a trail basis. These under trails were successful in early disposal of the cases. This scenario also provided a platform where the lawyers and the accused can freely interact with the magistrate. When the accused is presented to the court in-person, there are lot of pessimal concerns in terms of high end security for the accused, long waits at the court premises.

Odisha:

In consideration with the shortage of escorts, the government of Odisha have planned to integrate a video conferencing in district courts, so as to eliminate the need for physically producing the accused to the district court. As of now the facility of conferencing has been integrated over eight major jails in Choudwar, Rourkela, Bhubaneswar, Balangir, Berhampur, Baripada, Sambalpur and koraput. Through the implementation of the video conferencing, the pressure on the local police for escorting the prisoner has been drastically reduced. This solution also cut down the vulnerabilities like escaping attempts of the accused.