A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen ordered issue of notice on the PIL filed by Amit Anand, a resident of Bangalore, on the lack of adequate medical facilities in the Parappana Agrahara central prison.
The petitioner pointed out that as per the report, the prison has a capacity to house only 2,100 prisoners whereas about 5,400 prisoners are lodged there.
He also submitted that the report recommends that there should be one doctor for every 500 prisoners and one psychiatrist for every 700. As against this, there are only four doctors for the 5,400 prisoners and there is no psychiatrist at all at the prison.
"It is pointed out in the report that while 76 per cent of the prisoners have turned psychic, 71 per cent are suffering from mental depression and 61 per cent have become drug addicts", the petitioner stated.