High-security jail in the works for Capital

The Public Works Department (PWD) is in the initial stages of setting up Delhi's first high-security prison (HSP) at Tikri Khurd village, Narela, and aims to complete it by 2026, to house 256 high-risk prisoners in isolated cells.

- Sanjeev K Jha

NEW DELHI:

Officials said 40.2 acres have been allotted to the prisons department for the project, and the Centre will fund ₹100 crore. Senior officers linked with the project said the construction of cells has been planned in such a way that high-risk inmates could neither see nor talk to one another.