Deaths in Prisons: A 3 years retrospective study of histopathological findings in autopsies conducted at RIMS, Ranchi.

Dr. Arvind Kumar; Dr. Saurav Banerjee; Dr. Sunil Kumar Mahto; Dr. Smita Kumari Gupta; Dr. Bhoopendra Singh; Dr. R. K. Shrivastava

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Deaths in Prisons: A 3 years retrospective study of histopathological findings in autopsies conducted at RIMS, Ranchi.

Dr. Arvind Kumar, Dr. Saurav Banerjee, Dr. Sunil Kumar Mahto, Dr. Smita Kumari Gupta, Dr. Bhoopendra Singh, Dr. R. K. Shrivastava

Abstract :

Deaths either natural or unnatural in custody always raises suspicion about the atrocities carried out by the jail authorities or negligence on the part of administration. 100 cases of autopsy were carried out on persons in custody in the Forensic Medicine Department of RIMS, Ranchi during a period of three years between January 2013 and January 2016. The present study was carried out to know the cause of death and the major findings in the histopathological examination of organs provided to the Pathology Department of RIMS. Majority of cases were males (97%), and most number of cases were in the age group 51-60 years. Respiratory pathology was the leading cause of death (36%) and of these Pulmonary Tuberculosis was responsible for 11 deaths. Different type of malignancies resulted in death of 12 prisoners. The study concluded that improvement of overall living condition of prisoners and provision of timely and adequate health care measures can ing down the mortality and morbidity of jail inmates