The Society for the Protection of Rights of the Child (Sparc) in consultation with the Sindh Prisons Department held a consultation on the Economic Rehabilitation and Reintegration Support to Young People in Prisons on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Nasir Hussain Shah, the Sindh Minister for Local Government, Forests and Religious Affairs said: "We are reforming the laws and we had already reformed the Prison Law. Prison reforms were a revolutionary step of the Sindh government towards repealing prison laws that were one-and-a-half-century old.

He added that it would provide a policy for regulating such matters and make provisions for the establishment, management, control and security of prisons and welfare of prisoners.

Sparc Executive Director Sajjad Cheema said that in collaboration with UNDP & Sindh Prison Department, Sparc would impart the learning to implement a holistic pilot program aimed towards complete social reintegration of youth prisoners in Malir Prison, Women Prison, and the adjoining Youthful Offenders Industrial School Karachi to prevent behaviors that fuels VE recruitment."

Sidra Imran, the PTI member of Sindh Assembly said that equal opportunities would be provided to prisoners to participate in cultural activities and vocational training without any discrimination on the grounds of race, offence, colour, gender, language, religion, sect, ethnicity or status.