Sindh jails to spend Rs52m on cameras and jammers

KARACHI:

The prison department in Karachi has planned to spend Rs52 million on the installation of cameras and jammers across all prisons in the province, according to sources.

For fiscal year 2015-2016, it will be given Rs3.04 billion to spend. The original budget allocated for the outgoing fiscal year was Rs2.61 billion but the prison department exceeded its expenditures.

After the successful conversion of Karachi jail into a fortress with a bomb-proof external wall in the making, CCTV cameras installed around the vicinity, check points formed and mobile phone jammers installed, the authorities plan to continue such security measures across all jails.