The Maharashtra State Prisons Department has decided to use drones to ensure security in prisons and monitor the movements of inmates, a senior official said. In the first phase, drones will be deployed in 12 prisons — eight central jails, two district jails and two open jails, Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) Amitabh Gupta said on Tuesday.”They will also be used for night-time surveillance. This will help in getting real-time updates on what is happening within prison premises,” an official release said. The prisons which will use drones for surveillance include Yerawada (in Pune), Kolhapur, Nashik, Sambhaji Nagar, Taloja (Navi Mumbai), Thane, Amravati, Nagpur, Kalyan and Chandrapur, it said.
