Bhubaneswar: In order to impart qualitative training as well as refresher courses to the personnel belonging to jails and correctional services of the State, the Odisha Government has decided to establish Mahatma Gandhi Academy of Prisons and Correctional Services near Bhubaneswar.
According to a Home Department notification, the existing Odisha Jail Training School, Berhampur will merge with the proposed Academy with immediate effect.
The proposed academy will come up over 46.790 acres of land in Chhatabar under Bhubaneswar tehsil in Khurda district.
“In order to impart qualitative training as well as refresher courses to the personnel belonging to jails and correctional services of the State, the Odisha Government has decided to establish Mahatma Gandhi Academy of Prisons and Correctional Services in Bhubaneswar and do hereby declare the place comprising the land schedule herein and the building appurtenant thereto for the above purpose to be place of Mahatma Gandhi Academy of Prisons and Correctional Services, Bhubaneswar and merge the existing Odisha Jail Training School, Berhampur with the academy with immediate effect from the date of publication of the order,” said the notification.
