Hyderabad: Telangana Prisons and Correctional Services, Director-General, Dr. Soumya Mishra, stressed the importance of adopting new legal frameworks and asked the prison officials to be well-equipped with implementing them effectively.
She interacted with participants from various States, discussing the best practices adopted in correctional facilities across the country.
She was speaking at the training session on “Sensitization of prison officials regarding New Criminal Laws – 2023 on prison-related matters” on Tuesday at the State Institute of Correctional Administration (SICA), Hyderabad.
The four-day training session organized by Telangana Prisons department, in collaboration with the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) was inaugurated by Soumya Mishra. The session brought together prisons personnel from seven States – Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
The initiative was aimed at providing prison officials with critical insights into the recently introduced criminal laws and the skills necessary for managing correctional facilities effectively.
The training was organized in the backdrop of significant legislative changes introduced through three key laws – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita – 2023 (replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita – 2023 (replacing the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam – 2023 (replacing the Indian Evidence Act, 1872).
These progressive laws were aimed at ensuring a faster, more efficient delivery of justice to Indian citizens.
