<p>The facility of the videoconferencing system would be introduced at Meerut, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad and Mirzapur prisons in the state by March 2011, State DGP (Jails) V K Gupta told reporters here yesterday.<br /><br />This will enable the practice of making the accused available to courts for trials from the jail premises itself, he said.<br /><br />Gupta said apart from videoconferencing facility, the jails would also have CCTV cameras to monitor the inmates and activities of the jail staff and metal detectors and X-ray scanners for the visitors to thwart any sabotage attempt.<br /><br />The kitchen of the jails would be modernised by introducing new machines, he added.</p>
<p>The facility of the videoconferencing system would be introduced at Meerut, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad and Mirzapur prisons in the state by March 2011, State DGP (Jails) V K Gupta told reporters here yesterday.<br /><br />This will enable the practice of making the accused available to courts for trials from the jail premises itself, he said.<br /><br />Gupta said apart from videoconferencing facility, the jails would also have CCTV cameras to monitor the inmates and activities of the jail staff and metal detectors and X-ray scanners for the visitors to thwart any sabotage attempt.<br /><br />The kitchen of the jails would be modernised by introducing new machines, he added.</p>