Dead fences and crumbling walls, Kerala’s prisons vulnerable to more breaches

The escape of life convict Govindachamy from Kannur Central Prison has exposed lapses in Kerala’s prison security system, where outdated infrastructure and administrative inertia have long gone unaddressed. Chronic underfunding and poor interdepartmental coordination have been cited as key reasons delaying much-needed security upgrades of prison facilities

​The escape of life convict Govindachamy from Kannur Central Prison has exposed lapses in Kerala’s prison security system, where outdated infrastructure and administrative inertia have long gone unaddressed. Chronic underfunding and poor interdepartmental coordination have been cited as key reasons delaying much-needed security upgrades of prison facilities