Continued efforts needed to bring more improvement in prisons: Federal Ombudsman
DLP Report
PESHAWAR
Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash on Thursday reviewed progress on jails reforms.
The Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi, Inspector General Police KP Muazzam Jah Ansari , Home Department, DG Prosecution, IG Jail and other concerned officials were also present on the occasion.
On this occasion, IG Jail Saadat Hassan briefed the meeting on the progress towards the prison reforms in the province.
Jail Saadat Hassan said that due ongoing construction and expansion activities in various prisons, the capacity of prisoners increased by 4672.
He said that the provincial supervisory committee, constituted for the reforms, have held five meetings, adding, subsequently, the provincial and district supervisory committees have made 16 and 96 visits to different jails respectively.
The meeting was briefed that so far more than 3522 prisoners have been given formal education, 1743 were given religious education.
He said that 825 prisoners have been given vocational training and1809 prisoners were given free legal aid.
Young children and women are being kept separately from other prisoners and special rooms have been allocated for transgender in the seven jails of the province, it added.
CS-KP and other high-ups were informed that a Prison Management Information System has been implemented in 14 prisons and efforts were underway to extend it to all jails of the province.
Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi on this occasion expressed his satisfaction over the progress made under the reform agenda.
He said that the efforts and reforms agenda in the province should be continued to provide a better environment for the prisoners in the province.
CS-KP Dr Shehzad Bangash Reforms in prisons were among the priorities of the provincial government.
Mr Bangash said that prisoners were given free education and vocational training to make them useful citizens.
“Measures are being taken for the diagnosis of infectious diseases and the welfare of prisoners,” he added.
