Wednesday , December 25 2024

“Improving prison culture” in the Department of Social Work of Lucknow University

Lucknow. “Crime cannot be reduced unless the crime committed by the criminal is made a loss-making deal. The criminal should feel that he has committed a crime so that he feels remorse and does not commit the crime. This idea was expressed by Director General Home Guards of Uttar Pradesh and senior IPS officer B.K. Maurya delivered a session on “Reforming Prison Culture: Promoting Rehabilitation through Human Centered Design” held today at the Department of Social Work, Lucknow University. He said that universities have a very important role in preventing crime. Here children become responsible citizens of the society and also become excellent individuals. Referring to the postgraduate level Criminology and Criminal Justice Administration course running in the Department of Social Work, he said that the teachers and students studying in this course can play an important role in jail reform, because here along with teaching, practical training in crime reform is given. is also being given. The students and teachers of this course will definitely be able to make a program for the rehabilitation of the people who have completed their sentence through their experience.


The session started with the lighting of the lamp in which the Chief Proctor of the University and Head of the Department of Social Work, Prof. Rakesh Dwivedi while welcoming all the distinguished guests said that B. Of. We used to see Maurya ji often on TV but today he is present in front of us, it is a matter of great joy for our department. Emphasizing on the correctional system on the subject of jailed criminals, he said that along with working on the mental condition of the criminals, they should also be counseled from time to time so that they can be integrated back into the mainstream of the society in a healthy manner.

In the program, vote of thanks was given by the teacher of the department, Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Yadav. Pro. Raj Kumar Singh, Prof. D.K. Singh, Prof. Employees of the department including Rupesh Kumar, Dr. Ramesh Tripathi, Dr. Anvita Verma, Dr. Shikha Singh, Dr. Garima Singh, N. Boys and girls were present along with the cadets of C.C. The program was conducted by Dr. Omend Kumar Yadav.