Rijiju tp inaugurate conference on `Uniformed Women in Prison Admin’

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New Delhi : Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate the 2-day National Conference on “Uniformed Women in Prison Administration” here on September 14, 2017. The conference is being organised for women officers of the rank of Jailors to Dy. Superintendents of Prisons.

The conference will have panel discussions, deliberations and syndicate discussions on 4 themes: Are Woman Prison Officers getting mainstream duties, Difficulties in balancing family and work environment of Women Prison Officers,Training needs of Woman Prison Officers and Correctional Staff and Is there need for change of uniform for Woman Prison Officers? The conference is expected to benefit the participants being in their impressionable stage of service, by implementation of the knowledge gained here, according to a PIB release. The country has 1,401 prisons, 17,834 women prison inmates and around 3,200 women officers out of the 55,000 total prison officers and staff, according to the release.