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The Central Prison, Cherlapalli, implemented a bid of infrastructural, healthcare and rehabilitative reforms this year, reinforcing its presumption arsenic a exemplary situation nether the Telangana Prisons Department’s reform-oriented approach. The initiatives focused connected inmate rehabilitation, modernisation of facilities, simplification of overcrowding, situation industries and unit welfare.
After a spread of 5 years, the Annual Sports Meet for prisoners was held successful 2025. A full of 220 inmates from crossed the State stayed astatine Cherlapalli for 2 months, underwent grooming and participated successful the event, which officials said was aimed astatine promoting discipline, teamwork and affirmative behavioural change.
Healthcare facilities astatine the situation were upgraded, with the infirmary modernised to a capableness of 100 beds and the aesculapian dispensary equipped with caller laboratory, diagnostic and dental facilities. Individual aesculapian files and digitised wellness records are present maintained for each inmate to guarantee amended monitoring and continuity of care.
Administrative buildings, officers’ chambers, barracks and situation walls were renovated and repainted portion cleanliness standards were improved crossed the premises. Prisoners were progressive successful maintaining a situation plot arsenic portion of skill-building initiatives.
A barrack gathering task with a capableness of 300 prisoners, which had remained stalled for 4 years, was revived and brought to the last stages of completion. The installation is expected to go operational soon and easiness overcrowding astatine the prison.
Prison industries were modernised with precocious equipment, and prison-made products were standardised and branded with a azygous logo. A store room-cum-godown was established wrong the prison, and a connection is nether information to acceptable up a dedicated retail outlet for prison-made articles.
A abstracted barrack has been earmarked for a de-addiction centre, which volition supply counselling and rehabilitative enactment for inmates affected by substance abuse. The meditation hallway and gathering hallway wrong the situation were besides renovated to enactment inmate well-being and organised activities.
Staff payment measures included the conversion of unused unit quarters into a recreation and relation hallway and the operation of caller restrooms for extracurricular escort constabulary personnel.
Central Prison, Cherlapalli, received respective high-level visits during the year, including during the 7th All India Prison Duty Meet. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay and Telangana Minister D. Sridhar Babu visited the situation and reviewed its concern units, portion elder constabulary officers, women IPS officers, IAS Officers’ Wives Associations and 203 trainees from All India and Central Civil Services besides toured the facility.
At the 7th All India Prison Duty Meet held successful 2025, the Central Prison, Cherlapalli, was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Prison Hygiene pursuing a nationwide appraisal by the Bureau of Police Research and Development.
