Jail Reforms Afoot In AJK: Jail Authorities:

Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Azad Jammu Kashmir Liaqat Hussain Naqvi Friday visited Central Jail Mirpur to inquire about the living conditions of its inmates and other related means in line with the jail manual

MIRPUR (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Apr, 2019 ) :Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Azad Jammu Kashmir Liaqat Hussain Naqvi Friday visited Central Jail Mirpur to inquire about the living conditions of its inmates and other related means in line with the jail manual.

Superintendent Central Jail Syed Yasir Hussain Kazmi received the top boss of the AJK Prisons Department on his on his arrival to the jail and apprised him of the details of the stipulated facilities being extended to over 260 prisoners including the convicted as well as under-trial inmates.

Superintendent Jail said that about 40 death-row prisoners were also being housed in the prisons and they might be executed any time on landing of the black warrants from the authorities.

The DIG went through all barracks and other parts of the prison and inquired about the well being of the inmates individually besides inquiring about the facilities being extended by the jail authorities according to the stipulated jail manual.

Naqvi also visited the mess of the jail meant for the prisoners to assess the quality of food being provided to the inmates.

Talking to the prisoners, the DIG disclosed that a Public Call Office was being installed in the jail premises according to the set rules and regulations to facilitate the prisoners with the due telephonic access to their families and other concerned legitimate persons to whom they intend to talk at par with the jail manuals set in the prisons in Punjab province, he added.

Talking to the jail staffers and the inmates the DIG Prisons said that under a broad-based plan, the dwellers of AJK prisons were being given training to the prisoners in computer education, electricity, welding, carpet manufacturing and tailoring and other technical disciplines. The existing shortage of staff in various AJK prisons was being met by the government under the annual uplift plan on priority grounds with time to time induction of fresh required staff members including wardens.