PILIBHIT:
Acting on the guidelines issued by the Allahbad High Court in August,
the district authorities have chalked out a plan to streamline the jail
administration, liberalize procedures and introduce new schemes for the
welfare of prisoners.
Vinod Kumar, superintendent, Pilibhit district jail, said that in compliance with a government order circulated by chief secretary of state, Alok Ranjan, the district committee had chalked out a 59-point working plan.
"It primarily focuses on improving the health conditions of prisoners, providing financial security and health insurance to them and educating women prisoners. Besides, efforts will also be taken to provide technical and vocational training to improve prospects of income generation, rehabilitation of prisoners after their release from jail and informing prisoners from minority communities about various welfare schemes.
Useful literature will be provided to them about moral and human values, and a cottage industry will be established inside the district jail to make prisoners self dependent," said Kumar.
He added that the government order, circulated on September 30, stated that it was imperative to form two committees, one at the state level comprising 14 members and one at the district level comprising 24 members. The home secretary (prison) will preside over the state level committee while the district judge and district magistrates will act as the president and vice presidents, respectively, of the district level committee.
The jail superintendent said that the Pilibhit district committee unanimously passed a resolution to conduct a medical camp in the jail once every month during which prisoners will be subject to intensive medical checkups by a general physician, ENT specialist, eye surgeon, orthopedic surgeon, skin specialist, gynecologist and pediatrician. "A proposal would be sent to the state committee to set up a pathology and X-Ray unit in the jail and they will also be asked to appoint the related technicians. Television sets would also be set up to help prisoners stay up to date with current events and provide them with entertainment," he said.
Kumar said the working plan had been approved by the district magistrate and the vice president and it would be sent to the state committee for final approval and fund allocation after getting a thumbs up from the district judge.
According to reports, the funds for developing the infrastructure would be provided by the state government. The health insurance premium for prisoners will also be borne by the government.
A New Delhi-based prominent social thinker V M Singh appreciated the liberalization of jail procedures but emphasized the need of proper categorization of prisoners for providing the proposed facilities except those related to health facilities. Singh said that a jail should be a correctional facility for criminals and it should never be transformed into a holiday spot. "Many criminals are a real danger to the society and need to be kept in isolation inside the prison," he said.
Vinod Kumar, superintendent, Pilibhit district jail, said that in compliance with a government order circulated by chief secretary of state, Alok Ranjan, the district committee had chalked out a 59-point working plan.
"It primarily focuses on improving the health conditions of prisoners, providing financial security and health insurance to them and educating women prisoners. Besides, efforts will also be taken to provide technical and vocational training to improve prospects of income generation, rehabilitation of prisoners after their release from jail and informing prisoners from minority communities about various welfare schemes.
Useful literature will be provided to them about moral and human values, and a cottage industry will be established inside the district jail to make prisoners self dependent," said Kumar.
He added that the government order, circulated on September 30, stated that it was imperative to form two committees, one at the state level comprising 14 members and one at the district level comprising 24 members. The home secretary (prison) will preside over the state level committee while the district judge and district magistrates will act as the president and vice presidents, respectively, of the district level committee.
The jail superintendent said that the Pilibhit district committee unanimously passed a resolution to conduct a medical camp in the jail once every month during which prisoners will be subject to intensive medical checkups by a general physician, ENT specialist, eye surgeon, orthopedic surgeon, skin specialist, gynecologist and pediatrician. "A proposal would be sent to the state committee to set up a pathology and X-Ray unit in the jail and they will also be asked to appoint the related technicians. Television sets would also be set up to help prisoners stay up to date with current events and provide them with entertainment," he said.
Kumar said the working plan had been approved by the district magistrate and the vice president and it would be sent to the state committee for final approval and fund allocation after getting a thumbs up from the district judge.
According to reports, the funds for developing the infrastructure would be provided by the state government. The health insurance premium for prisoners will also be borne by the government.
A New Delhi-based prominent social thinker V M Singh appreciated the liberalization of jail procedures but emphasized the need of proper categorization of prisoners for providing the proposed facilities except those related to health facilities. Singh said that a jail should be a correctional facility for criminals and it should never be transformed into a holiday spot. "Many criminals are a real danger to the society and need to be kept in isolation inside the prison," he said.
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