Director General of Prisons, S. K. Mishra today inaugurated a first of its kind skills training centre for jail inmates at Central Jail, Srinagar.
The skills training centre has been established by Prisons Department in collaboration with Art of Living Organization. The DGP said that soon similar kind of centres will be established in rest of other jails, including Kot Balwal in the State.“The idea behind the setting up of training centres at different jails is to professionally train inmates in fields such as handicrafts, electrical service, computers etc.,” DGP Mishra said.He said such a step and skill training would reform and successfully reintegrate jail inmates into the society after they walk free from jail.The DGP Prisons said that reformation of inmates, followed by technological up-gradation of prison and staff development are the main areas of interest for the Department.He urged inmates to participate in training programmes and avail its benefits to the full so that they can contribute to the society after serving their respective jail terms.The inauguration of the centre was followed by a cleanliness campaign under Swach Bharat Abhiyan in which staff and inmates participated.“Similar cleanliness drives are being conducted in all jails today to support the nationwide sanitation drive,” the DGP said.The programme was attended by Director EDI, Dr. M.I. Parray, Trustee Rural Development Project, Deepak Sharma, Faculty from Art of Living Institute, Kiran Pujaro, HOD CSR, Mohammad Yaqoob, SP Central Jail, other officials from Prison Department, Central Jail staff and jail inmates were also present on the occasion.