{"id":1006765,"date":"2026-05-04T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1006765"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:49:30","slug":"ai-surveillance-biometrics-tech-driven-overhaul-of-punjab-jails-on-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/05\/04\/ai-surveillance-biometrics-tech-driven-overhaul-of-punjab-jails-on-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;AI surveillance, biometrics&#8217;: Tech-driven overhaul of Punjab jails on cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHANDIGARH: To bolster the security of the jails across the State, the Punjab Prisons and Correctional Services Bill, 2026, passed by the state assembly, provides for the creation of a dedicated Research, Analysis and Intelligence (RAI) wing to strengthen internal prison security within jails. <\/p>\n<p>It also enables staff rotation in sensitive postings and stricter measures to curb the entry of contraband. Also, technology integration forms a core component of the reform, with provisions for AI-enabled CCTV surveillance, biometric identification, RFID tracking, video conferencing for court production and anti-drone systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHANDIGARH: To bolster the security of the jails across the State, the Punjab Prisons and Correctional Services Bill, 2026, passed by the state assembly, provides for the creation of a dedicated Research, Analysis and Intelligence (RAI) wing to strengthen internal prison security within jails. It also enables staff rotation in sensitive postings and stricter measures to curb the entry of contraband. Also, technology integration forms a core component of the reform, with provisions for AI-enabled CCTV surveillance, biometric identification, RFID tracking, video conferencing for court production and anti-drone systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006807,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006765\/revisions\/1006807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}