New Posts for Jails: Odisha govt creates 306 new posts, upgrades 16 jails for better prison management

New Posts for Jails: The state government has created 306 new posts in 27 jails. In to facilitate the management of jails and prisoners. Odisha has a total of 87 jails with about 20,000 inmates.

According to a notification sent by the state home department on Monday. The newly created posts include two wardens, 14 guards, 13 prison guards, 27 prison guards, 31 jail guards and 219 guards. Posts were created in seven county jails, 14 county jails and six special jails. The new posts come a week after the government renovated 16 prisons. As part of a major overhaul of the state’s prison system. Two district jails – Angul and Phulbani – have been converted into circle jails. Ten sub-jails were converted into district jails. Two special jails, one model jail and another sub-jail were converted into special jails.

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New Posts for Jails: For Better Management

“We have submitted a proposal to the state government to create 1,500 posts over the next five years. In the first phase, the government has created 306 new posts, which is the single largest creation of posts in prisons. The new posts and the increase in the number of prisons would lead to better prison management. It will help in inmate welfare, transparency and work efficiency,” the pgeneral manager Manoj Chhabra said to TOI.

According to the modernization plan, the prison department also plans to introduce biometric technologies such as fingerprints or facial recognition to accurately monitor the movement of inmates. The technology is also planned to be used in canteens for prisoners. – Currently, our employees manually check whether each prisoner reaches the section assigned to him. In the modernization project, we are installing turnstiles equipped with biometric scanners. Inmates can enter their assigned sections only after biometric authentication.

An inmate in one section cannot go to another section because technology prevents him from entering,” Chhabra said. The same technology will also be used in prison canteens where inmates can buy food and other necessities. At present, inmates receive small amounts of cash from their family members or relatives to make necessary purchases in prison in canteens.

According to the prisoner’s handbook, prisoners deposit money with prison guards, who in return give the inmates vouchers or vouchers of the same amount. Prisoners used vouchers to buy food. and other goods in prison canteens.