PANDEMIC COVID-19 AND ITS EFFECT: A STUDY ON JUVENILES HOME IN WEST BENGAL

All human being are born free and should have equal right and dignity to live in the society. Human being should not be depriving of these specified or enacted human rights. It shall conclude that every human being whether he/she be an adult or minor shall have equal rights in the country. Such rights are specified by Indian govt. before independence when UN Declaration of Human Right formed and later which was prescribed by Indian govt. in Part-III of Art.12 - Art.35 in the Constitution of India in post-independence period. Each prisoner shall have some basic rights whether he is an adult offender or a minor or juvenile offender. Indian govt. has separated the juvenile offender from adult or aged-heinous criminal. Because juvenile are in that age when he has done some crime for which he/she shall have repentance and their age is such minor that they have their longer remain in life. The inmates will have better life if they get proper rehabilitation; training and education program before send them to the society. Govt. has made separate cell for civil and criminal offender and they also have right to live with dignity and shall have also some basic and fundamental right as prescribe by the govt. the civil and criminal both kind of inmates shall not be deprived from such prescribe right during the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The paper will explore whether the govt. shall take special care of the inmates by giving proper nutrition, sanitization and regular health check up during covid-19. This paper will also highlight some special precaution of the correctional home as the third wave of Covid-19 may hit the low aged inmates especially in the coming month as stated by the medical bulletin.