The Hindu : New recruits to join Tihar staff soon

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Wednesday, Feb 04, 2004

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New recruits to join Tihar staff soon

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, FEB. 3. With 15 new officers of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Prisons, three warders and one matron being inducted into the Delhi Prisons, the Tihar Jail authorities have now finally managed to fill up all the vacancies in these categories and are hopeful that this would also help them get the new Rohini Jail functional soon.

Of the 19 new personnel, five are women, and this, the Jail authorities say, is a positive development as it shows that jails are no longer considered unsafe for women officials.

All the new recruits have undergone three months training in Patiala during which they undertook physical training, participated in parades, performed weaponry drills and studied various documents like the Jail Manual.

Thereafter, in Tihar Jail, these recruits studied the Prison Act, Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and other criminal laws and rulings of various courts pertaining to jails. They were also trained on stress management to make them mentally tougher.

Most importantly, all these recruits have undergone training in martial arts such as judo and karate and they gave a display of this unarmed combat before the Director General of Prisons, Ajay Agrawal, this past week. Able to lift heavy objects with their teeth, the recruits also showed their skills at tackling knife attacks and breaking bricks with their bare hands and heads.

Finally, the Tihar authorities said the recruits would be sent to Manesar for fire-arms training at the National Security Guards camp and to the Correctional Administration Institute in Chandigarh for training in human rights. This would be done to ensure that they are able to effectively safeguard the right of all the inmates in the prisons.

Noting that most of the recruits - who would formally join duty on February 15 -- are highly-educated and include post graduates, masters in computer education, masters in business administration and masters in philosophy, the Jail authorities said in them they have now found the talent which would further facilitate the reform process in prisons.

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