CM mulls proposal to provide air-conditioned buses to prisoners.

LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Minister Ch Parvez Elahi presided over a special meeting pertaining to jail reforms at CMO on Thursday. The meeting discussed various proposals and recommendations for the welfare of the prisoners. The chief minister sought a comprehensive plan within seven days regarding the jail reforms. Parvez Elahi maintained that the prisoners who give better performance in their education will be given remission in punishments.

While it was also principally decided that the doctors working in the jail hospitals will be given Rs. 1.5 lakh special allowance, it was also recommended during the meeting to give every prisoner 300 minutes on a monthly basis in order to talk with their family members.

Parvez Elahi directed to provide quality food and eggs in the breakfast for the prisoners. He directed that necessary action should be taken in order to provide foreign prisoners access to their relevant Consul Generals. It was also decided during the meeting to handover the arrangements of the jail canteen to the utility stores and other mega stores.

Hot, dry weather likely to prevail over most plain areas

The CM ordered to undertake prompt measures so as to provide free legal aid to the abandoned prisoners.

He informed that all the prisoners in the prisons will also be provided hygiene kits for their cleanliness. He directed to ensure medical check up of the prisoners after every three months and female prisoners should be provided mammogram medical test facility.

He further directed that better arrangements should be made for the prisoners and rooms should be properly arranged for their meeting with their family members.

He directed that installation of cooling systems in the prisons should be completed in a phased manner. He disclosed that the arrangements of 43 hospitals of the prisons will be handed over to the Health Department and their further upgradation will also be done.

The CM asserted that the prisons...