The kids of Jharkhand’s first open jail established at Hazaribagh will go to schools from next session. Deputy Commissioner Sunil Kumar has directed the district education officer to look into the matter personally and to arrange for their admission in the schools.
DC Sunil Kumar reviewed the overall condition of open jail and its inmates. In the review meeting superintendent of loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan Central Jail who is in additional charge of open jail said that kids are there with their parents in which some are of school going age. Deputy Commissioner directed the DEO to admit the boys in nearby schools and the girls in Kasturba Schools.
Jail superintendent raised the problem of doctors and dispensary in the open jail. He informed that there is dispensary and doctor in central jail. DC ordered to depute the doctor atleast twice in a week to look after the inmates of open jail and their family members and to provide medicines from the central jail dispensary. He also directed the civil surgeon to give duty to a lady doctor once in a week in the open jail.
In this meeting SP Manoj Kaushik, DDC Ravindra Prasad Singh, Additional Collector Ranjan Choudhary, Trainee IAS Harshika Singh and other important officers were present. They discussed about how to make the inmates capable of earning their bread. Finally DC ordered to start a computer training center in the premises.
It was decided that space will be provided to those computer centers who are registered with the government and whose certificate is accepted by both government and public sectors. DC also agreed to start a dairy farm in the premises with 50 cows and the inmates will run it. The district administration will help them in getting registered as a cooperative society. DC also directed the district vetenary officer to submit a proposal to start goat farm and to district agriculture officer to submit horticulture and production of vermi-compost in open jail.
Jail superintendent informed that the inmates are producing tasar silk thread in the premises with the help of 30 solar power run machines given by Jharcraft. DC requested the Jharcraft officials to provide 20 more machines. He also directed the jail officials and district industry officer to start production units of soap, candle, incent sticks, phenyl etc. so that the inmates and their family members can be benefitted.