Advisor to Chief Minister for Prisons, Malik Qasim Khan has said that besides establishment of a special force for provision of foolproof security to prisons and prisoners, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is making prisons bomb-proof and the recruitment of 2200 personnel in this regard would be made pure merit.
He expressed these views during his visit to Public Complaints' Cell in Chief Minister's Secretariat. On this occasion chairman, Complaints' Cell, Haji Dilroz Khan and vice chairman, Mukarram Khan was also present. Receiving complaints of the people, the advisor to chief minister said that revolutionary reforms are being introduced in prisons. Under the system, he said CCTV cameras are being installed in prisons and the project of camera installation in Mardan Jail will be completed by the end of next month, which will be followed by installation of such cameras in other prisons of the province. He said that besides provision of fool-proof security to prisons it will also help redress complaints regarding maltreatment of prisons, corruption and other complaints. He said that it would also bright the physical labour of prisoners to an end and the food of prisoners will be improved. He said that due these measures instead of torture cells, the environment of prisons have been turned into residence, hotel and reformative centres.
He said that measures are also in progress for education, training and imparting technical skills to inmates of prisons to turn them into useful and good citizens after release. He said that the installation of CCTV cameras in prisons will bring transparency in most of matters and will redress the complaints of bribes by the visitors. He on this occasion heard dozens of live complaints and issued directives for their immediate redresses. He also reviewed several complained lodged with the cell in written form and dispatched them for taking immediate action on them.
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