Punjab launched Prison Management Information System

Mon, May 11, 2020

AHORE:Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar inaugurated the prison management information system (PMIS) at a ceremony held at Civil Secretariat here Tuesday.

On this occasion, the chief minister was told that digital monitoring of prisoners, staff and other things would be possible through this modern system which had been launched in seven different jails of the province. The scope of PMIS will be gradually enhanced to all the jails to maintain a digital record and monitoring of prisoners’ movement and other activities during their confinement. Similarly, visitors’ record will also be maintained.

The chief minister directed to complete necessary action for amendments to jail manual and prison act and approved to set up PCOs in all the jails of the province. The meeting decided to take steps for increasing the capacity of Punjab jails to accommodate 10,000 more prisoners. The CM gave in-principle approval to post up-gradation of jail staff, laundry system besides establishing new washrooms in jails. It was decided to increase the strength of doctors and paramedics according to the need besides establishing a development directorate for the prisons department.

Talking on this occasion, the chief minister said that organised jail reforms had been started after a period of 100 years adding that he was visiting jails to check their conditions. Prisoners will be provided with all facilities according to the jail manual, he assured and directed to provide air-coolers and water-coolers in all the jails.

ACS (Home) Momin Ali Agha briefed that steps had been taken to protect the prisoners from coronavirus as 1,584 prisoners had been relocated from congested Lahore jails to other places and a 100-bed hospital was fully functional in Camp Jail. Besides, 84 detainees, out of 1,680 prisoners, have been tested for coronavirus. Only seven positive coronavirus patients are under treatment in all the jails while high-security prison will be made functional in Mianwali very soon. Similarly professional training of jail staff has been arranged at Punjab Prison Staff College Sahiwal, he added.

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