To prevent the prisoners from COVID epidemic, vaccination has been started in Kapurthala Central Jail — Punjab’s first jail to provide this facility.
In this regard, the Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajwinder Kaur and Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)-cum-District Legal Services Authority’s Secretary Ajitpal Singh formally launched the vaccination drive in Jail.
ADSJ has also asked the Jail Department’s officials that the health protocol and restrictions imposed by the Punjab Government must be implemented in true spirit and manner to save the prisoners and detainees from Covid. All precautionary measures must be taken, she added.
Both officials listen to the grievances of the inmates and take necessary steps for their immediate solution.
The judicial authorities directed the Jail Administration and the District Legal Services Authority, Kapurthala, to ensure the provision of free legal services to every needy detainee and prisoner. Orders have been issued to settle the custody cases in the district courts on priority basis.
Later, the Judges visited the women’s barracks and listened to the problems of women prisoners. The food provided to the prisoners and detainees was checked.