Chandigarh, 6th April, 2018: Sh.
V. P. Singh Badnore, Administrator UT Chandigarh launched the website of Department
of Prisons and Correctional Administration, Chandigarh at UT Secretariat today.
Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Anurag
Aggarwal, IAS, Home Secretary, UT Chandigarh, Sh. Tajender Singh Luthra, IPS,
Director General of Police, UT, Chandigarh, Dr. O. P. Mishra, IPS, Inspector
General of Prisons, UT, Chandigarh and Sh. Satish Kumar Jain, HCS, Additional
I. G. Prisons, UT, Chandigarh were also present on this occasion. This website
has all the information regarding vocational and reformational activities being
carried out inside the prisons. The main aim of showcasing these activities for
the public preview is to change public perceptions regarding prisons and the
acceptability of the prisoners after their release.
This
website also has information regarding acts & rules applicable to the Department
of Prisons and Correctional Administration, UT, Chandigarh and the information
for the visitors. Now the visitors can know their day of visiting and timing,
documentary proof for meeting etc. online. All the tenders and Press releases
of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Administration, UT, Chandigarh
can also be accessed through this online portal.
The
main feature of this website is its shopping cart and Department of Prisons and
Correctional Administration, UT, Chandigarh has become pioneer in the field of
marketing and selling products made by inmates online. Now anyone in tricity
can buy products made by jail inmates online. Food and other Products above
2000 will be delivered free of cost in the tricity and products below 2000 will
be levied delivery charges of Rs. 100/-. Furniture items above 5000 will be
delivered free of cost in the tricity and below 2000 will be levied delivery
charges of Rs. 500/-. The cost of the product is much low than the competitive
market prices whereas the quality is better than the competitive market
products.
The Department of Prisons and Correctional
Administration, UT, Chandigarh is expecting the growth of sale of Jail Products
through online sale and the profit earned through these activities shall be
utilized for Reformation and Rehabilitation of inmates which is the sole motto
of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Administration, UT, Chandigarh.
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