A person convicted for rape will not be eligible for furlough under an amended prison manual notified in Maharashtra.

State Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has notified 30 new amendments to the jail manual, including exclusion of rape convicts from being eligible for furlough. "The amended jail manual has now gone for printing, after which it will be uploaded on the government's website for public view," Additional Director General of Police, Prisons, B K Upadhyay said, while noting that the proposed amendments have been notified by the Governor.