To maintain strict vigil on dreaded criminals and mafias, CCTVs with system have been installed in jails across Uttar Pradesh. Besides, dual view scanner baggage, full human body worn scanner, contactless glasses for meeting rooms and many devices equipped with new technology have been installed in five high security jails of the state.
A proposal in this regard was sent to the government by the Prison Administration and Reforms department, following which Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath released the budget after a high-level meeting.
So far, 145 video conferencing halls have been set up, which include 72 prisons and 73 district courts, to conduct 100 per cent remand of undertrials detained in state prisons through video conferencing.
With this, five dual view scanner baggage, five full human body worn Zscanner, 130 contactless glasses for meeting rooms, five panic alarms systems, 15 night vision binoculars and five lighting protection system ESE units have been set up in five high security jails of the state namely district jail in Lucknow, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Central Jail Bareilly-II respectively.
CCTV surveillance units are being set up in a phased manner to further enhance the security system of prisons. Along with this, at least 30 cameras have been installed in each prison, marking sensitive places in the prisons. At present, more than 3,600 CCTV cameras have been installed in all the jails of the state. Not only this, the work of increasing the number of these cameras, restoration of cameras and arrangement of servers, including storage, in 30 prisons has been completed.