Director General (Prisons) VK Singh said that special training of arms has been given to the newly inducted jail warders’ batch comprising 310 trainees and around 1,800 more would be recruited in the next two years.
While speaking to the mediapersons at Motilal Nehru stadium at the full dress rehearsal parade on Monday, Singh said that the backlog of around 310 posts of jail warders have been cleared with the completion of the training of these trainees and would resume their deployment soon. In the next two years around 1,800 warders would be recruited.
Informing about any changes which have been incorporated in the training for this batch, Singh told that the warders have been trained in combat and arms training. The changes have been included after the episode of Khandwa jail break by SIMI activists. Across the State, jails are being strengthened by installing CCTV cameras and the process of installation is under process.
Apart from the trainees, Singh said that per day labour which was around `55 per day has been increased to `110. To a query, Singh said that the security arrangements of the SIMI activists are appropriate and every possible measure has been taken to assure the tightened security. The training was conducted in Jabalpur, Sagar and Bhopal.
Additional Director General of Police (Prisons, & Correctional Services) Sushovan Banerjee praised the trainees over the completion of the successful training and provided feedback to
the trainees on full dress rehearsal parade.
The complete passing out parade of the newly recruited jail warders is scheduled on Wednesday.