Time and again, the Central Jail at Colvale has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Recently, the Colvale police have reportedly arrested three persons and detained a minor boy for allegedly attempting to smuggle ganja into the jail by throwing balls of the contraband over the prison wall. According to the police, ganja weighing 1.397 kg and valued at Rs. 1.4 lakh has been recovered. Incidentally, this is not the first time that attempts have been made to smuggle drugs into the prison. The police need to get to the bottom of the matter by carrying out a thorough investigation and booking the culprits. Be that as it may, prisons also need to operate as correctional centres so that the inmates undergo a behavioural change and become better citizens after serving their term. However, inmates at the Central Jail in Colvale were reportedly caught partying in the cattle shed within the jail premises. There cannot be “party zones” within the jail premises. The inmates have to be incarcerated and undergo necessary punishment for their misdeeds and not be partying. However, the alleged smuggling of drugs and partying by the inmates cuts a sorry picture of this detention centre.
