AMRITSAR: Jails Minister Harjot Singh Bains conducted a surprise raid in Amritsar Central Jail today where he reviewed the jail management, talked to the inmates and took details of the behavior being done in the jail.
Talking to media persons on this occasion, he said that during the 6 months of becoming the Minister of Prisons, due to the efforts made for prison reform, around 3600 mobile phones have been recovered from prisons.
Showing the envelopes thrown over the wall in Amritsar jail today, he said that this is how mobile phones and drugs are being sent to the jail.
He said that we are soon going to use RF technology in the jails, which is the most advanced technology in the world to jam the mobile network, which will completely stop the use of mobiles from the jail.
He said that Punjab will be the first state of the country to use this technology.
He said that apart from this, the search of the prisoners with body scanners will be started in every prison and an iron mesh will be placed on the part of the ultra-secure cell where the gangsters are imprisoned, so that no mobile or other belongings can come out.
He said that apart from this, the search of gangsters has been started twice a day and the search team is also being changed continuously.
He assured that as per the wish of Chief Minister Punjab, the jails of Punjab will be mobile and drug free in the near future.
Mr Bains said that according to the survey conducted by us in each prison, 46 percent of the 33,000 prisoners are addicted to drugs, out of which the number of those who want to quit drugs voluntarily is equal to no, but we started this work as a mission.
He said that jails are being prepared as correctional facilities, as an effort, facilities like family visits are being provided to well-behaved prisoners. S. Bains said that our effort is to make the prisoners skilled and healthy and send them home.
He said that because of this effort, all the prisoners in Amritsar jail are coloring the jail.
He said that now criminals like Mukhtar Ansari cannot do Ash in our jails with their own strength, but facilities will be given to well-behaved prisoners.
He said that whoever becomes an obstacle in the reform of the prison, whether it is our officer, political person or any other employee of ours will not be spared.
Mr Bains applauded the good officers and employees for the duty rendered by the jail staff to protect the gangsters and other criminals in the jails. He said that the training of 800 jail wardens is going on to meet the shortage of staff and the recruitment of 800 more wardens is being started soon.
Jail Superintendent Surinder Singh and Deputy Jail Superintendent Jaideep Singh and Raja Navdeep Singh were also present on this occasion.
