Overview
Punjab Prisons is committed to safe custody, rehabilitation and successful reintegration of prisoners by promoting correctional practices, education, healthcare and vocational development within a secure prison system.
Punjab Prisons is a progressive department committed to transforming offenders into responsible and productive citizens. The administration follows a correctional philosophy that emphasizes rehabilitation, creating a healthy and disciplined prison environment while encouraging moral education and successful reintegration into society after release.
The Department believes in the principle of "Hate the crime, not the criminal." It recognizes that a safe society cannot be achieved solely through imprisonment unless offenders are provided opportunities for correction, education, counselling and rehabilitation during their incarceration.
Punjab Prisons functions under the administrative control of the Home Department. The Inspector General of Prisons (BS-21) heads the Department at the provincial level and is assisted by ten Deputy Inspectors General of Prisons (BS-20). The Department comprises eight prison regions: Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Multan, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan, each supervised by a Deputy Inspector General of Prisons.
Objectives of Punjab Prisons
Custody
Ensure safe custody of prisoners in accordance with judicial orders and legal requirements.
Control
Maintain discipline, security and order within all prison establishments.
Care
Provide essential facilities, healthcare and basic human needs to prisoners.
Correction
Offer educational, psychological and rehabilitation programmes for prisoner reform.
Cure
Prepare prisoners to become productive and responsible members of society after release.
Functions of Punjab Prisons
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Execute sentences awarded by competent courts.
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Maintain, care for, securely house and transfer prisoners.
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Maintain discipline, order and security within prison premises.
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Control expenditure relating to prison administration and management.
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Enforce the Prison Act, prison rules, regulations and government policies.
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Provide education, vocational training and skill development for prisoner rehabilitation.
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Organize welfare programmes, recreational activities and psychological counselling for prisoners.