Javed Arain
TANK
Inspector General Prisons Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khalid Abbas Khan visited Tank Judicial Lock-up to revive the facilities for inmates in jail.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that through jail reforms learning opportunities would be provided to prisoners to re-integrate them into society.
He said that practical steps are being taken to ensure the provision of all basic facilities. Superident Jail DIKhan Zafrullah Marwat,Superident Judicial Lock Up Tank Amjad Mehsud also accompanied him.
He said that in the light of the orders of the provincial government, the provision of basic facilities in all the central jails is being ensured. He said that prisoners in jails are also a part of the society and providing them basic necessities of life in jails is one of his first duties.
IG Prisons further said that prison inmates are also human beings and should be treated with love and affection.
Special care is being taken for the education and training of the inmates in the jail. Regarding the construction of Tank New Jail, IG Prisons said that there is a big project which may take time, so in a short time, two more barracks will be constructed to facilitate the prisoners in the judicial lock-up of Tank so that the problem of capacity of the prisoners can be solved. During the visit, Khalid Abbas met the inmates in Tank Judicial Lockup and discussed problems. He also announced to give two lakh rupees.
