Prison staff start using body cameras
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February 09, 2021 01:42 IST
Proposed last year, these equipment were procured this year and are in use since the last few days
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Body camera such as this one is being used in the Mangaluru District Prison and also eight Central Prisons in the State. The Prisons Department has planned to increase the number of these cameras in phases.
Proposed last year, these equipment were procured this year and are in use since the last few days
Prisons staff in the Mangaluru District Prison as well as the eight Central Prisons in the State have started using body cameras during their rounds of prison cells.
In the Mangaluru District Prison, the new facility has so far been used 104 times
The e-mulakat facility wherein prison inmates are allowed to speak with visitors through video call has generated good response in prisons in Mangaluru, Bengaluru and Mysuru, while it is yet to catch up in prisons in Kalaburagi, Shivamogga, Belagavi and Vijayapura districts.
Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services Department introduced e-mulakat in prisons across the State on December 2, 2020. This facility is among other services available through the e-prisons project adopted by the department in nine Central Prisons, 21 district prisons, 27 sub jails, the open air jail in Koramangala [Bengaluru] and the special sub jail in KGF.