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Human rights violations in jails were closely linked to what extent society is civilised,” he said. more-inHuman rights violations in prisons are an offshoot of socio-economic inequalities and other maladies that affected society, former Pro Vice Chancellor of Kerala University and political analyst J.
Prabhash has said. Head of the Department of Political Science, Kerala University, Joseph Antony, who moderated the session, said that the element of human rights violations was embedded in the country’s social structure, which was mostly y male-dominated. Dr.
Prabhash said that jails cannot be considered as isolated or standalone institutions, but were part of the larger society. Deputy Inspectors General of Prisons B.
Pradeep (South Zone) and Sam Thankayyan (Central Zone) also spoke on the occasion..