CJI Surya Kant inaugurates skill development, polytechnic courses in Haryana jails
Gurugram, Skill development centres, polytechnic diploma courses and ITI-level vocational programmes were launched for inmates inside various jails in Haryana on Saturday. CJI Surya Kant inaugurates skill development, polytechnic courses in Haryana jails Chief Justice of India Surya Kant inaugurated these initiatives from the district prison Bhondsi in Gurugram under the project ‘Empowering Lives Behind Bars, Real Change: The New Paradigm of Correctional Justice’. As part of this reformative endeavour, skill development centres, polytechnic diploma programmes and ITI-level vocational training courses were formally introduced across jails in Haryana, according to an official release. These initiatives were aimed at reshaping the correctional ecosystem through structured education and skill development. During the same event, the CJI also launched a month-long statewide anti-drug awareness campaign across Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory Chandigarh, which were designed to counter the growing challenge of substance abuse in the state. On this occasion, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Augustine George Masih of the Supreme Court and Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and …
