PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to Caretaker Chief Minister for Prisons, Hidayat Ullah Afridi has said that government is considering to re-start facility of family quarters in prisons of the province. In a statement issued here Tuesday, he said that Communication and Works Department has been contacted and their team has already visited existing family quarters in KP prisons. He said that family quarters were established in prisons of Peshawar, Bannu, Haripur, D I Khan and Mardan by provincial government in 2005 but these facilities were closed in 2012 due to security situation at the time then. He said that government is pondering to make these family quarters operational as part of providing basic facilities to inmates. He said that all the needed facilities would be provided to prisoners in KP jails.APP
