MHA writes to states, UTs to provide de-radicalisation sessions for jail inmates

The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked to provide these special de-radicalisation sessions with the help of correctional and behavioural experts on a regular basis.

NewsBharati    12-Jan-2023 10:37:05 AM
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New Delhi, Jan 12: With an aim to change the mindset of misguided individuals in jails, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked all the DG (Prisons) of all states and UTs to focus on organizing special de-radicalisation sessions in all jails.
 
 
The Ministry has asked to provide these special de-radicalisation sessions with the help of correctional and behavioural experts on a regular basis.
 
MHA advises de-radicalisation sessions for jail inmates
 
A letter issued by Deputy Secretary Arun Sobti, it said, "The jail administration has to ensure that inmates inclined towards propagating the ideology of radicalisation and those who have the propensity and potential to negatively influence other inmates are housed in separate enclosures away from other inmates."
 
 
"The jail administration should also ensure inmates who are in custody for offences related to narcotics and smuggling of drugs etc, also need to be lodged separately, and to the extent possible not allowed to mix with other inmates, again with the intention of keeping other inmates away from the influence of such unscrupulous individuals," the letter stated.
 
In his letter, Sobti said video conferencing has been made available at 3,240 court complexes. "The jail authorities are requested to make special efforts for making use of the video conferencing facility," he said.