Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024

A first-of-its-kind Jail to keep All terrorists, high-risk prisoners, dreaded gangsters etc^[1]

Target: To avoid inter-mixing of similar gangs and confrontation of anti-gangs & curtail their movement^[1:1]
-- June 2023: Announced by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann^[1:2]

Current Status^[2]:

Jail is expected to be completed by 2025
-- The tender for the construction works of the jail floated in June 2024^[1:3]

¶ In-House Court & Hospital^[1:4]

Dedicated court complex

• It would also have video conferencing infrastructure for hearings
• To curtail the movement of the prisoners and in the process prevent scenarios where prisoners attempt to escape if taken outside the jail for court hearings
• On similar lines, in house hospital facility would be provided in the jail

¶ Jail Infra^[1:5]

• There are 10 central prisons among total 25 prisons in the state currently
• Total sanctioned capacity to lodge 26,081 inmates, but 32,000+ inmates are lodged in the prisons, making these overcrowded

¶ Details^[1:6]

An area of up to 50 meters around the outer boundary wall of the prison will be declared as a prohibited zone to avoid throws inside jails

• The whole prison shall be made as a cellular prison
• Will be divided into various zones as per functional requirement
• The jail will come up in an area of 50 acres in Gorsian Kadar Baksh village in Ludhiana district
• Estimated cost to be Rs 100 crore
• Capacity to lodge 300 prisoners

REFERENCES:

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1. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-radial-jail-ludhiana-high-security-9439259/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

2. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/highsecurity-jail-to-be-built-near-ludhiana-says-jail-minister-bhullar-101731614616683.html ↩︎