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Reporters Without Orders Ep 330: Casteism in Indian prisons
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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by the Wire’s Sukanya Shantha.
Sukanya talks about her report on India’s prisons where prisoners were allotted work on the basis of their caste. She says that the Chief Justice of India eventually expressed concerns over the “most disturbing” practice and said he would direct the government to take action. She also delved into other such colonial rules that are still in practice.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:36 - Casteism in prisons
00:35:05 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Sukanya
BEYOND PRISONS
Sumedha
Barred: A Prisons Project
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
335 episodes
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Manage episode 431253861 series 2547397
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This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by the Wire’s Sukanya Shantha.
Sukanya talks about her report on India’s prisons where prisoners were allotted work on the basis of their caste. She says that the Chief Justice of India eventually expressed concerns over the “most disturbing” practice and said he would direct the government to take action. She also delved into other such colonial rules that are still in practice.
Tune in.
Timecodes
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:36 - Casteism in prisons
00:35:05 - Recommendations
Recommendations
Sukanya
BEYOND PRISONS
Sumedha
Barred: A Prisons Project
Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
335 episodes
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