New Delhi: In order to check misuse of the
phone facility given to its prisoners, Tihar jail authorities
plan to use a biometric fingerprint system.
"Every prisoner has to give a finger impression before he
uses the telephone to make a call. This will help us to check
any misuse of the phone facility," spokesperson and law
officer, Tihar Prisons, Sunil Gupta said.
Already a biometric fingerprint system exists in the jail
to ensure that no prisoner is released mistakenly and also to
know whether the person is a habitual offender.
Every new prisoner is photographed and his fingerprints
taken. If he is readmitted or released, his finger impression
is put in the machine which would immediately flash his
photograph confirming his identification.
"We have many prisoners with the same name. A finger
print impression is unique to each individual and will help us
differentiate one person from the other. In this way we can
know that a particular individual used the telephone by which
we can also avoid confusion," Gupta said.
This facility will be initiated in another two months.
"Prisoners will charged an amount of Rs 50 every month for
the calls they make," he said.
Gupta said the system, which will cost around Rs 15 lakh,
will be set up soon and all calls made by prisoners will be
recorded.
-PTI
