Karnal, May 22 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday announced a recruitment drive in the prisons department and said that about 1,300 posts of jail wardens will be filled soon.

He also said that medical and paramedical vacancies in the department as well as the posts of necessary staff for the newly constructed Jail Training Academy in Karnal will also be filled soon.

The CM made these announcements after inaugurating first-of-its-kind Jail Training Academy in Karnal, which aims to provide comprehensive training to jail personnel with a focus on reformation, rehabilitation and modernisation.

Spread over 6.5 acres and constructed at a cost of Rs.30.29 crore, the academy uses energy efficient and temperature friendly ...