CHANDIGARH: In a significant push for modernising the country's prison ecosystem, CJI Surya Kant has advocated bold, tech-integrated reforms, ranging from digital-skills training to UK-style inmate-monitoring systems, aimed at transforming prisons from punitive spaces into "engines of reintegration". Highlighting the need to align prison training with the "economy of tomorrow", the CJI stressed that inmates must be equipped with digital competencies, logistics expertise, & modern vocational skills. He urged deeper industry collaboration, proposing a model where companies "adopt" prisons, offer apprenticeships, & eventually recruit trained inmates, turning ability into opportunity. CJI Kant was speaking on correctional reforms in Gurgaon on Saturday while inaugurating skill development

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