Deputy Chief Minister Randhawa launches important projects for jail reform

– ‘Education gift’, ’embrace’ and ‘solution’ will be important to make prisoners good citizens: Randhawa
-Punjab govt decides to pardon prisoners on the occasion of 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur
-Randhawa distributed prizes to the winners of ‘Jail Olympics-2021’, Patiala Central Jail was the overall winner

Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa initiated three important projects for the betterment of prisoners in the jails of the state. He said that on the occasion of 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Punjab government has decided to grant amnesty to the prisoners which would be approved soon.
Mr. Randhawa, Punjab Central Jail to honor the winners of the 3rd Punjab Jail Olympics-2021 Games held at Patiala Central Jail today to give the inmates of the state jails a chance to become good citizens through sportsmanship. Had arrived. Patiala Central Jail was the overall winner in these games.

Mr. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, meanwhile, said that the three projects launched for the betterment of the prisoners in the true sense of the word, the ‘gift of education’, in which the prisoners would be educated, including the ’embrace’, under which the prisoners were reunited with their families. K will be provided opportunities to improve their lives and ‘Samadhan’, which will enable inmates to make phone calls to 181 call centers to improve the prison administration and register their grievances. He said that the Punjab government had asked the Chief Minister Mr. The prison reforms initiated under the leadership of Charanjit Singh Channi will transform the entire prisons in the next two years.

Deputy Chief Minister Earlier, Randhawa told reporters that a skill development project would be launched from Kapurthala Jail from December 10 to make the inmates skilled while petrol pumps would be set up in 11 jails in the state to raise funds for the welfare of the inmates. Have been He said that 15 minutes were being provided daily for body scanning and calling the families including modernization of jails. Apart from this Verka, Markfed, Milkfood, Milkfed, Sugarfed equipments are being provided to provide nutritious food for the good health of the prisoners.

Mr. Mr. Randhawa said that the cooperation of outside companies was being sought for the large scale operation of the jails factories, a tile factory at Amritsar Jail and a salt factory at Ludhiana Jail. Replying to a query, he said that the gangsters in the jails, who have done a disservice to the youth of Punjab, have been told what jails are. He said that Punjab was the second state in the country where a Jail Reform Board had been constituted.

Mr. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, in response to a question from reporters about Capt Amarinder Singh’s decision to form a separate party and report on drugs in the High Court, said that he was picking up the thorns planted by Capt Amarinder Singh because Capt. The government kept the report in an envelope for four and a half years. He said that the matter was being heard in the Punjab and Haryana High Court today and the Punjab government would soon take it up with the public.

Mr. Randhawa further said that it was a pity that the Captain himself had never visited the party office when he was the Congress President and never left the house as the Chief Minister and now he knew what the reality was for which he had reached a very low level today. Are
After this addressing the inmates of Central Jail Mr. Mr. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that he was proud to be able to make some improvements in the jails of the state and he hoped that Punjab would surpass the jails of other states in prison reforms. He said that it was not the fault of the children and family members of the prisoners who committed the crime so the prisoners should take care of their family members and become good citizens.

Mr. Randhawa also lashed out at the jail authorities, especially the ADGP, for organizing the Olympic Games. Jails Praveen Kumar Sinha, Superintendent Shivraj Singh Nandgarh and other participants. He said that a film would be made on the jails so that no one would commit any crime. He said that even though patriots have been in jails but it is unfortunate to come to jail for any crime.
Welcoming the Deputy Chief Minister, ADGP Jails Mr. Parveen Kumar Sinha said that Punjab Jail is a very small but very important step for the improvement of Olympic inmates. He said that the Jail Department, for historic reforms, S. Sukhjinder Singh will always be indebted to Randhawa. Mr. Sinha said that the improvement in the conduct of the prisoners was not only due to the clearing of the barracks but also due to the huge efforts being made by the Punjab Jail Department. Principal Secretary Jails Tewari Thanked Randhawa.

Patiala Jail emerged victorious in tug of war during Punjab Jail Olympics-2021 and Amritsar team came second. In Kabaddi, Faridkot Jail came first and Amritsar Jail came second. In the women’s 60 meter race, Sita Devi of Faridkot, Ubopresser of Kapurthala Jail, came second. In the men’s 100 meter race, Alek of Patiala Jail came first and Ashwani of Amritsar Jail came second. Apart from this in long jump Alec came first and Naman of Amritsar came second, in volleyball Kapurthala Jail came first and Amritsar Jail came second.

In Badminton, Patiala Jail came first and Kapurthala Jail came second. In chess Ravdeep of Patiala came first and Cell of Kapurthala Jail came second and in shot put Jolly Chikha of Nabha came first and Surjit Kaur of Amritsar came second.
During this the inmates of different jails gave a fascinating presentation of the cultural program. Central Jail Patiala Superintendent Shivraj Singh Nandgarh thanked the Deputy Chief Minister. Former Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur, Hardial Singh were present on the occasion