WOMEN IN DETENTION DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS PUNJAB PRISONS

WOMEN IN DETENTION DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS, PUNJAB

PRISONS IN PUNJAB Classification of Prisons Central Prisons (09) Lifers District Prisons (10) More than 5 yrs conviction Sub Prisons (05) Location • Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Patiala, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Bathinda • Ropar, Sangrur, Shri Mukatsar Sahib, Mansa, Barnala, New Prison Nabha, including • Borstal Institute, • Women Prison Ludhiana, • Maximum Security Prison Nabha and • Open Prison Nabha • Patti, Pathankot, Moga, Fazilka, Malerkotla. Prison Training • Patiala School (01)

FACTS & FIGURES (as on 31/08/2018) One way or another, we’re all prisoners Total Capacity(Male) : 21763 Total Capacity(Female): 1765 Total Capacity : 23528 Eliza Granville, Gretel and the Dark Total Population(Male) : 22394 Total Population(Female): 1209 Total Population : 23603 Total no. of Female Under-Trials: 816 Total no. of Female Convicts : 393 Total no. of children staying with mothers: 52

FACTS & FIGURES S. No. Name of Jail No. of Female Prisoners No. of Children staying with their mothers inmates 1 Central Jail Amritsar Central Jail Bathinda Central Jail Gurdaspur Central Jail Kapurthala Central Jail Hoshiarpur Central Jail Patiala Central Jail Ferozepur Central Jail Faridkot District Jail Ropar District Jail Sangrur New District Jail Nabha District Jail Mansa Women Jail Ludhiana 152 09 67 02 54 02 181 04 52 02 95 02 73 06 99 08 44 00 99 07 66 03 35 00 192 07 1209 52 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 TOTAL

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others Mahatma Gandhi MEDICAL FACILITIES • Women prisoners are being provided with necessary items for personal hygiene as per their requirement. • Medical officers are permanently deployed in Jails. • Visiting specialist doctors take good care of the specific medical problems of women prisoners. • Special diet is provided to pregnant female inmates.

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS Kindness is in a prison till it finds RELEASE in words or deeds William Kean Seymour EDUCATION PROGRAMMES • To encourage the inmates to study and to keep them busy, the education centres of National Open School and Indira Gandhi National Open University have been established in the jails Punjab in which inmates can upgrade their education qualification up to 10 th /12 thclass and further higher studies. • The education material is provided to the prisoners free of cost. • There is a library established at Women Jail Ludhiana.

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS Security without liberty is called prison Benjamin Franklin SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING -Stitching -Sewing -Cutting -Tailoring -Embroidery Work -Beautician and Bridal Makeup -Candle Making -Painting -Soft toying making

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS He who opens a school door, closes a prison Victor Hugo WELFARE Creche: Modern Creche have been established in 06 jails of Punjab, i. e. Central Jail, Patiala/Kapurthala/Amritsar/Ferozepur/Faridkot and Women Jail, Ludhiana for the children of women prisoners who come along with them in the jails as children upto age of 6 years are allowed to stay in the prisons with their mother inmates. Eco friendly wooden and stuffed toys, Books, Painting material and other recreational facilities are provided to the children and play areas are provided to enhance their physical abilities.

INITIATIVES AT PUNJAB PRISONS

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS The loss of liberty may imprison a person, but it does not confine his mind Anthony Hincks SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING Recently, the items made in Prisons are put up for sale in the newly inaugurated MARKFED counters outside some jails. (Markfed outlet outside Central Jail PATIALA)

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS An ounce of practice is worth a thousand words. Mahatma Gandhi Sanitary Pad Unit at Women Jail Ludhiana: A Sanitary Pads Manufacturing Unit under PPP model is being set up in Women Jail, Ludhiana for providing profession-based training to the inmates. The training for one month will be provided by JDK Education Society and the prisoners will be paid higher wages than usual. Beauty/Wellness Course at Women Jail Ludhiana: Department of Prisons Punjab has ties up with NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT MISSION to start a course on beauty/wellness in Women Jail Ludhiana and a proposal has been sent to Government for approval.

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS In the years 2016 -17 and 2017 -18, the following Vocational Training courses were organised and a total of 1474 female benefitted. S. No. Name of Jail Tailoring/ Embroidery/ Beauty Boutique Parlour Stitching purse/bags Making Candles Painting 1 Central Jail Amritsar 25 20 24 22 24 2 Central Jail Bathinda 30 15 15 3 Central Jail Gurdaspur 40 30 5 5 15 4 Central Jail Kapurthala 111 40 0 0 17 5 Central Jail Hoshiarpur 4 11 0 0 9 6 Central Jail Patiala 89 138 15 55 70 7 Central Jail Ferozepur 58 27 24 12 6 8 Central Jail Faridkot 70 10 20 25 20 9 District Jail Ropar 12 8 12 22 14 10 District Jail Sangrur 22 6 6 5 4 11 New District Jail Nabha 7 22 12 9 49 12 District Jail Mansa Women Jail Ludhiana 23 15 0 15 50 30 0 0 521 342 133 185 293 13 TOTAL

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO WOMEN PRISONERS It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business Mahatma Gandhi LEGAL FACILITIES • Free legal aid is provided to poor/needy female prisoners in accordance with the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987. • 696 women prisoners were provided Free Legal Aid in past 1 year. • Legal Awareness camps are organised in jails to make Women inmates aware about their legal rights. These camps are organised at least once in a month in all the jails. • Lok Adalat: Judicial Magistrates visit the jails on regular basis to attend legal aid camps as well as Lok Adalat camps. Inmates

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