MULTAN:Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) South Punjab, Saqib Zafar, Additional IG Police South Punjab, Maqsood Ul Hasan, paid a visit to the District Jail to review security arrangements here on Tuesday.
They inspected the central control room and took a briefing about CCTV cameras working and the security system.
They also visited the jail kitchen, checked the quality of food, visited the prison hospital, and inquired about the health of sick prisoners and the treatment facilities being provided to them.
They also inspected the library and the PCO established for the prisoners. Both officers met the prisoners and inquired about their grievances.
ACS Saqib Zafar, while talking on the occasion, said the government was trying its best to improve the state of prisons and ensure the availability of electric fans, quality of food and clean drinking water in prisons, adding that provision of facilities and the improvement in the environment will last very positive effect of prisoners.
He expressed satisfaction with the provision of facilities and cleanliness standards in the district jail.
Addl IG Police Maqsood Ul Hasan declared the security system of the jail as foolproof and asked officials not to compromise on the security standards in the jail.
He said that providing education to prisoners was a very good initiative and added that the purpose of reforming prisoners was to make them useful members of society after their release.
Superintendent District Jail Naveed Ashraf, while briefing, said that 122 CCTV cameras have been installed for the security of the jail and these are monitored 24 hours in the central control room.
He said that the security system of the jail was digitized and connected with software programm. He further informed that the best quality of food was being provided to the prisoners.