In order to overcome the lapses in the system, Sanjay said that concrete measures have been taken to develop the system by allocating Rs 950 crore for prison modernisation and high-security prisons. As part of the ‘support to poor prisoners’ scheme’, he said the Centre has allocated Rs 20 crore to assist poor prisoners. Special focus is paid on prisoners’ welfare, while 15,875 prison officers were trained through 700 capacity-building programmes, Sanjay informed. During the conference, Tata Institute of Social Science professor Vijay Raghavan shared some of the suggestions to improve the correctional administration. Focusing on model prison standards and their implementation, presentations were delivered by Jitendra Singh Meena, IG (R&CA), BPR&D, and M Varaprasad, DIG prisons, AP, among others.