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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Tuesday announced a bid of situation betterment measures aimed astatine enhancing information and infrastructure crossed the State’s situation system.
In the airy of the caller flight of rape-and-murder convict Govindachamy from the Kannur Central Prison, Mr. Vijayan informed the Assembly that electrical fences had been operationalised astatine the Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur and Viyyur Central Prisons, and the High-Security Prison and the Women’s Prison astatine Viyyur. The Prison Superintendents person been instructed to regularly show and guarantee that the fences stay afloat functional.
Modernisation
He acknowledged that galore prisons successful the State are outdated and urgently necessitate modernisation to conscionable present-day standards. While immoderate upgrades person been carried retired implicit time, helium said that much important reforms are needed to woody with chronic issues similar overcrowding.
To code capableness concerns, the authorities plans to re-purpose the existing infrastructure and conception caller situation annexes. Extensions are planned for the women’s situation astatine Attakulangara successful Thiruvananthapuram and the Central Prison astatine Poojappura to heighten their capableness by astir 300. As portion of the plan, the women’s situation whitethorn besides beryllium relocated person to the Central Prison premises.
Renovation enactment
Renovation enactment is besides nether mode astatine the Alappuzha District Jail which, upon completion, volition beryllium capable to location 150 much inmates. Moreover, the Idukki District Jail astatine Muttom volition soon accommodate an further 100 inmates.
The authorities is besides looking to found a caller cardinal situation successful Kottayam oregon Pathanamthitta. Having a cardinal situation successful the cardinal portion of the State would beryllium a strategical measurement to trim overcrowding, Mr. Vijayan pointed out.
He added that the authorities is besides committed to extending videoconferencing facilities crossed prisons successful the State to trim the request for captive transportation. Efforts are besides nether mode to guarantee that inmates are housed successful prisons person to the courts acrophobic to streamline ineligible proceedings.
