In a move to rehabilitate inmates of Observation Home in Ranchi permanently, vocational training programme in the field of screen painting and Off-set printing is being given to them by Jharkhand legal Services Authority (JHAlSA). Efforts are also being made to create job opportunities for them by connecting them with ‘Rashtriya Shahri Ajivika Mission’ of the State Government after they get released from the Observation Home in order to keep them engaged so that they do not get diverted again from the mainstream.
“Under this programme, a group of 15 inmates will be given vocational training following which they will also be added to the profession after providing certificates to them so that they could become self-reliant and a source of income for their families. Women, Child Welfare and Social Security Department along with JHAlSA will provide support to rehabilitate and restore them,” said Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Fahim Qirmani.
The programme was inaugurated by Jharkhand High Court Judge cum Executive Chairman of JHAlSA Justice DN Patel on January 28 this year for the inmates of Observation Home in Ranchi coming from Ranchi Palamu, Garhwa, latehar and Khunti, he added.
Quimani further added that on the directions given by Justice Patel, several other activities towards the rehabilitation of inmates of Observation Home were also being conducted since the last one and half years, he added.
“During his visit to the Observation Home on February 12 this year, Supreme Court Judge Justice Madan B lokur lauding the welfare works being done at the Observation Home for their rehabilitation, had said that Jharkhand might prove to be a milestone in this regard for the whole Country,” said Qirmani.
Holding a meeting attended by Principal Judicial Commissioner Navneet Kumar, officials of District legal Services Authority of Ranchi and Women, Child Welfare and Social Security Department stressed on implementing the vocational training programme in a more effective way and also directed the officials of JHAlSA to cooperate in rehabilitation and restoration of adolescents, he added.
Incidentally, in a bid to develop Observation Home in Ranchi as a Model Observation Home in Jharkhand, several works have been done which includes providing facilities for video conferencing which has been helping a lot in quick disposal of matters related to the adolescents of latehar, Garhwa, Palamu and Khunti. In addition to that, internal wall of the Observation Home has been made child friendly and adequate beds, mattresses, pillows, mosquito mats etc have been provided to them along with slippers, dresses, boxes and other materials of day to day use.
“A watch tower has also been raised for security purpose and six watch men have been deputed in the campus. The whole premises are also covered by CCTV cameras,” Qirmani said. A Volley Ball Court has been prepared there for physical development of inmates, he added.
Other facilities available there includes a school in the campus having four teachers in it, Newspapers and magazines, legal aid clinic where free of cost legal aid is provide to them and solar power plant for warm water during winters.