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Haryana sets up video studios in jails

Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has sanctioned Rs.4.52 crore for installation of Video Conferencing System in jails and courts to eliminate the possibility of escape of dangerous undertrial from police custody in transit from jails to courts and vice-versa.

As many as 25 video studios in jails and 39 in various courts of the State are being established under the project.

While disclosing this here on Sunday, a spokesman of the Jails Department said that a proposal of restructuring of jails department had already been sent to the Government. New district jails at Faridabad, Jhajjar and Yamunanagar with a total capacity of 3673 prisoners were near completion and were likely to start functioning by March, 2009.

A sum of Rs.71.85 crore had been spent by the Haryana Police Housing Corporation for the construction of these jails. He said that there was a plan to construct a new district jail at Rohtak and 86 acres of land had been acquired for this purpose. It would be completed in two phases. In the first phase, the capacity would be of 1000 prisoners and the capacity of second phase would be 1500 prisoners. An Administrative approval for Rs.43.52 crore had been accorded by the Government for the construction of this jail. The spokesman said that new district jails at Panipat and Rewari with a capacity of 500 prisoners each would also be constructed and the process for acquisition of land for construction of new jails at Panchkula, Fatehabad and Nuh in Mewat district was in pipeline, he added.- PTI

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