Punjab orders security audit of prisons, bans meetings of prisoners
LAHORE (MNP) – The Punjab government has ordered the Prisons Department to tighten security arrangements across Punjab, putting a temporary ban on the meeting of prisoners with outsiders.
The order was issued after banning meetings with the PTI founder in Adiala Jail and barring the media from coverage.
According to the Punjab prisons department spokesperson, the order was issued “in view of security concerns” all over the province.
He said the “Punjab Home Department has sent a letter to the Prisons inspector general ordering him to make strict security arrangements in Adiala, Mianwali, Attock and Dera Ghazi Khan jails.”
He said a security audit, checking by the bomb disposal squads and installation of barbed wire on the boundary walls had also been ordered.
Moreover, the Home Department also ordered strict checking of officials visiting the jail, the spokesperson added.
