Overview
- At District Prison Bhondsi, the 'Empowering Lives Behind Bars' rollout inaugurated skill development centres, ITI courses and a three-year polytechnic diploma to be offered across Haryana jails.
- The Chief Justice also launched a month-long anti-drug awareness campaign across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh led by the Legal Services Authorities.
- He proposed district reintegration boards comprising probation officers, employers, civil society representatives and mental health professionals to give each release a planned pathway.
- The initiative elevates mental-health care inside prisons with calls for trauma-informed counselling, addiction treatment and routine emotional support.
- Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi pledged full implementation as courses span recognised trades such as computer operations, welding, plumbing and dressmaking, with a Computer Engineering diploma and an appeal for industry apprenticeships and hiring.