The Odisha prisons directorate is planning to procure drone cameras for aerial surveillance in sensitive jails. Besides, a prisoner calling system will be launched in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
“The proposed drone service will help us keep tabs on the sprawling premises of jails that are not covered under the CCTV cameras. The drone cameras can also detect illegal activities in jails and keep a watch on the activities of the prisoners,” DG (prisons and correctional Services) Santosh Upadhyay said.
The new system is aimed at curbing the misuse of the existing phone system where some criminals have allegedly been making unauthorized calls to their gang members and running crime syndicates from jails.