The Uttar Pradesh Prison Administration and Reforms Department have updated their security systems on the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Dual view scanner baggage, full human body worn scanners, contactless glasses for meeting rooms, and other devices with new technology have been installed in five high-security jails across the state. These measures were taken to monitor dreaded criminals and mafias housed in the jails of Uttar Pradesh.
Apart from these new improvements, the government has released a budget to the Prison Administration and Reforms Department and has also set up 145 video conferencing halls so that all under-trials can be remanded remotely. These include 72 prisons and 73 district courts.
The government has also provided security cameras with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a command centre has been set up at the headquarters where the feed of the cameras is received. Not only this, the live feed of over 3600 CCTV cameras installed in each prison are marked as sensitive places, which helps in updating the security system of prisons.
Further, the government has written letters to update other securities systems in the prisons of the state. This includes proposals for financial sanction for body-worn cameras in 10 jails, heavy-duty washing machines in 10 prisons, lighting protection system in 20 prisons and expanding the number of CCTV cameras and arrangement of servers.
Balesh Dhankhar, an Indian-Origin man from Sydney, has been found guilty of drugging and raping five Korean women and is currently facing criminal charges. This demonstrates the need for smarter prison surveillance systems in different parts of the world. Recently, India also experienced a rare phenomenon called Zero Shadow Day, which is observed when the sun is directly over a specific spot on Earth. The next event is scheduled in Bengaluru on April 25, 2023.
As such, Uttar Pradesh is taking the right steps towards making their prisons more secure by adopting the latest technologies and installing AI systems. Hopefully, this would make people feel more secure and ensure that these crises do not take place again in the future.
