Thiruvananthapuram: Emphasising the need for removing the source of political patronage extended to criminal elements jailed for various offences, MP Shashi Tharoor has suggested entrusting the policing and internal security work in the three central prisons of Kannur, Viyyur and Poojappura with police personnel of other states or para-military forces.
In a letter written to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Tharoor said that exerting pressure and issuing threats to the jail officials by both outside elements and prisoners had been the main reason for the failure in reforming the prisoners. He said the idea of entrusting the security duties with police personnel from other states had been successfully tried out in the Tihar jail in Delhi where Tamil Nadu Special Police had been in charge of policing duties for quite a number of years now.
Tamil Nadu Special Police have been put in charge of outer-perimeter security and entry-exit points. He suggested that a unit of State police of any North-Eastern state or a central para-military force could be entrusted with such duties in the three central prisons in the state. He claimed that such a system would be act as a bulwark against the various pressures being exerted by local interests. The inner-policing prison duties may continue to be administered by the local police force. The Chief Minister has marked the letter to the Home Minister for consideration.
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