Sindh government has constituted a 17-member board to work out policies regarding prisoners’ post-release reintegration in the society and to address basic requirements of the prisons.
According to a notification released on Monday to this effect says in its bid to transform prisoners to help them reintegrate in the society the board is set to furnish recommendations which will be presented to the prisons management board for the approval.
Sindh home department said in this notification it has put together a board under supervision of either prisons minister or assistant to CM, whose secretary will be Inspector General of Prisons.
To assess prisons structure and framework and work out recommendations on the basic requirements due to be addressed of prisons and inmates are the board’s tasks according to the notification.
The board is likely to furnish its recommendations on building new jails within the present jail boundaries and on renovating the present barracks as well.
Three provincial lawmakers Sharjeel Inam Memon, Jam Khan Shoro, and Saeed Ahmed will be part of the board as well. While interior, finance, health, law, and I.T secretaries will be part of the board as well.
Policy and framework will also include preparing recommendations for introducing the inmates to new technology and use of IT for jail management.
