All schools, colleges and government offices have been asked to place their orders for furniture requirement with the jail factory at Burail.The decision was taken after UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas inspected the model jail in Burail on Tuesday.
While inspecting the jail premises, Niwas was of the opinion that the wages awarded to prisoners were less. The AIG Prisons was directed to put up the case for the enhancement of wages before the Ministry of Home Affairs.
With 454 undertrials, 215 convicts, 1 detenue and 4 condemned prisoners, the jail inmates make furniture for government offices only.
The AIG brought to the Home Secretary’s notice that there was lack of work because of non-availability of orders from schools, colleges and government offices. Niwas inspected the jail kitchen and found meals not up to the mark.
(The Indian Express, 16 September 2009)
