MALDA, 7 JULY: Following in the footsteps of the Tihar Jail, the state has taken up an initiative of launching computerised database at correctional homes in each district, so that the headquarters can have an Online monitoring system. At least eight correctional homes including the one in Malda have come under the project in the first phase. In the second phase, sub-divisional jails would also be included under this project.
According to the superintendent of Malda jail, Mr CR Gharai, the government has also planned the introduction of an audio-visual system of ongoing trials through video conferencing in the last phase, which will also bring along development of infrastructure of the courts.
Mr Gharai said: “Once the new system is launched, an ongoing trial in Malda jail can be watched in the Jalpaiguri court and the Malda court on the same day, through a video conference.” The Malda correctional home has already received five computers and other required apparatus to implement this project.The National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI) has been assigned to install computers in all correctional homes and to prepare data base with regular updating systems. The staffs of the correctional homes will be trained in computer skills for Online data entry so that the headquarters have information about every inmate in each jail through the Internet, which it is entitled to under the Right to Information Act. ;SNS
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