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A de-addiction centre, ‘Nivrutti’, was inaugurated astatine the Central Prison successful Cherlapalli connected Monday (April 6) arsenic portion of efforts to fortify rehabilitation and reformative initiatives for inmates.
Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla inaugurated the installation successful the beingness of elder officials, including Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Soumya Mishra and different authorities representatives.
Addressing the gathering, the Governor said that correctional institutions indispensable absorption connected betterment and rehabilitation, and highlighted past efforts to amended conditions successful prisons and unit welfare.
DG Soumya Mishra said the centre marks a important measurement successful strengthening jail-based rehabilitation programmes and emphasised that substance maltreatment should beryllium addressed done counselling, aesculapian attraction and sustained enactment alternatively than punitive measures alone. Similar ‘Nivrutti’ centres person been established successful each cardinal prisons successful the State, including Chanchalguda, Sangareddy and Nizamabad, arsenic good arsenic the Special Prison for Women successful Hyderabad. These centres are staffed with psychologists and societal workers to supply attraction and counselling.
According to officials, 2,915 inmates person been screened for substance use, portion 590 person undergone appraisal and received counselling and therapy.
Following the inauguration, the Governor visited the Prisoner Agricultural Colony successful Cherlapalli and reviewed assorted vocational and reformative activities. He besides inspected initiatives specified arsenic integrated farming and skill-based programmes aimed astatine rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates into society.
