Mysuru: On the occasion of Azadi ka Amrita Mahotsav, 81 short-term prisoners across State and including 20 prisoners were released from the Mysuru Central Jail in accordance with the guidelines of the Central Government and the instructions of the State Government.
Mysuru Central Jail Chief Superintendent K. C. Divyashree said that as per the guidelines of the Central Government and the instructions of the State Government, the release programme of the short-term convicts has been organised in 3 stages on the occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. She said that a committee has been formed at the State level and the State Government review the cases at all levels and with the permission of the Governor, all 20 people are being released from the Central Jail on Monday August 15 in the first phase.
She informed that the 2nd phase will be on January 26 next year and the third and final phase on the next Independence Day. At the same time, she said that the main objective of all these processes is to reduce the number of prisoners in prisons and to give them another chance to live and build a better society.
