IP-based CCTV cameras to be installed in Kalpa, Mandi jails

To enhance security in the jails, the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services has decided to install Internet Protocol (IP)-based surveillance cameras at the Kalpa sub-jail in Kinnaur district.

Along with these cameras, a control room will also be set up on the jail premises from where all footages will be monitored.

At present, 25 inmates are lodged in the jail, out of whom 23 are undertrials and two convicts. There are no women inmates in the jail.

The jail has a capacity to accommodate 26 inmates.

Besides, new IP-based CCTV cameras will also be installed in the Mandi District Jail, Kullu, ICCC, and at Local Data Centre (LDC) at the State’s Prisons Headquarters.

For this, recently, the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services had invited e-tenders for the supply, design, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of these cameras on the campus of these jails.

A spokesperson of the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services said several CCTV cameras had become outdated and several needed maintenance.