12 people were fired from prison in 7 months, 270 were punished

12 people were fired from prison in 7 months, 270 were punished

National Desk :    |    ০৫:১০ পিএম, ২০২৫-০৩-১০

News desk :  Inspector General of Prisons (IG Prisons) Brigadier General Syed Md. Motaher Hossain said that in the last seven months, 12 people from the Prisons Department have been fired, 6 people have been forced to retire, and 84 people have been temporarily suspended.

In addition, 270 people have been punished for various terms, departmental cases have been filed against 260 people, 29 people have been summoned to explain, 21 people have been given final warnings, 39 people have been immediately transferred, and 102 people have been transferred outside the department for administrative reasons.

He said these things at a press conference organized at the Prisons Department on Monday (March 10) afternoon.

IG Prisons Brigadier General Syed Md. Motaher Hossain said that no concession is being given to officers and employees who break the rules in the Prisons Directorate and those who break the rules are being brought to justice very quickly. In this regard, the Prisons Headquarters is ensuring that the current administration has not hesitated in taking action against any kind of complaint with evidence and will not do so in the future.

He said that the current administration has taken various steps to increase the morale of prison officers and employees, as well as to enhance their professional skills. One of them is the appointment of honest, qualified, and enterprising people to important positions and establishments without any financial transactions.

Apart from this, other important steps include creating 1899 new posts to solve the manpower problem, unblocking the promotion of senior officials after a long 14 years, taking steps to ensure the earned leave of officials and employees, arranging for the expression of opinions at all levels through the Protshaya app, bringing those who have been working in the same place for a long time and who syndicate irregularities under the posting system, formulating new training policies for all posts, finalizing the draft of the new recruitment rules after taking everyone's opinions, providing increased assistance to officials and employees under the health scheme, giving gratuity under the family security scheme, and ensuring the presence of officials and employees at work through the team tracker.