Jammu (NVI): The detenues from Jammu and Kashmir, lodged in Uttar Pradesh jails, would be able to interact with their relatives back in the Union Territory through video-conferencing soon, if things go right in this direction.
Director General of Prisons of Jammu and Kashmir V K Singh today visited Uttar Pradesh and interacted with 17 detenues from the Union Territory who are lodged in the Lucknow district jail, an official spokesman said here.
At present 220 detenues from Jammu and Kashmir are lodged in six jails of Uttar Pradesh. DG (Prisons) Singh would be taking up the matter regarding “e-mulaqat” with the Uttar Pradesh jail administration to enable Kashmir-based relatives to interact with the detenues lodged in UP jails over video-conference, the spokesman said.
Singh visited prison headquarters in Lucknow where he was informed about the working of the headquarters which supervises 72 jails of Uttar Pradesh accommodating more than one lakh inmates, said the spokesman.
During his visit, the DG Prisons was informed that the detenues are regularly allowed to meet their relatives and regular health check-ups are conducted.
