Chandigarh: What could be more joyful news than romance in jail. It is true that prisoners will be allowed to spend intimate times with their spouses for some moments in the prison. Punjab is the first state to launch such a facility.
Hardcore criminals, gangsters, high risk prisoners and inmates accused of sexual assault cases are not entitled to get the facility.
Initially, conjugal visits will be allowed at the central jail in Goindwal Sahib, new district jail in Nabha and women’s jail in Bathinda, a senior official of the prisons department said.
The visits — allowed for prisoners exhibiting good conduct — will last for two hours and the department has designated a separate room with an attached bathroom, the official said.
“Priority will be given to those inmates who have had the longest stay in jails,” the official said.
“According to the information we have, Punjab is the first state to implement conjugal visits in the country,” he claimed.
The department expects that this initiative will lead to strengthening of matrimonial bonds and also ensure good conduct of prisoners.
Such visits will be allowed once in three months, the jail official added.
