Expansion of infrastructure of district jailin Arunachal

Expansion of infrastructure of the district jail located at Jollang, near here is in progress to overcome accommodation problems of the inmates, Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi said here today.
Negi visited the jail yesterday to inspect the ongoing construction of an extension building.
When his attention was drawn to the fact that the jail presently accommodating 133 inmates in excess to its capacity of 44 prisoners, which is in violation of human rights as the basic facilities were inadequate for all of them, the chief secretary said that the building on completion would house 100 inmates and solve the problem.

"A grant of Rs 10 crore was sanctioned by the 13th Finance Commission and the building is built with first installment of Rs 2.5 crore.
Another installment of Rs 2.5 crore has been received while more grants sought from the 13th and 14th Finance Commissions which will help improve the district jail at Tezu in Lohit district, he said.
"Jail reforms are taken up on priority by the state government to check repeated jail breaks," Negi added.
The CS who inspected various parts of the jail also distributed certificates to the inmates who have undergone HIV tests conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) on Wednesday.

Negi while addressing the inmates expressed his happiness over various activities like adult education, gardening and skill development training programme under the National Youth Project (NYP) taken up by IGP (Prisons) Satyen Garg to reform the inmates.