Delhi Commission for Women recommends gated toilets, better facilities for women lodged in Tihar Jail

In the recommendations sent to jail authorities and the government, DCW chief Swati Maliwal has also suggested hiring of teachers for courses such as fashion designing that were being run earlier.

Covered and gated toilets inside cells, increase in number of lawyers and restarting of the ‘Mulakaat’ programme till cases are under control are some of the recommendations made by Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for women lodged in Tihar Jail. In the recommendations sent to jail authorities and the government, Ms. Maliwal has also suggested hiring of teachers for courses such as fashion designing that were being run earlier. As many as 276 women are lodged in Tihar out of which 240 are undertrials and 35 have been convicted by court, a statement from the DCW said.