Karnal, Dec. 28 -- Haryana's director general (DG) of Prisons, Alok Kumar Roy, on Saturday said that the jail department has managed to control the gangster culture inside jails through improved technology and human surveillance. Roy said that in order to reduce criminal activities involving gangsters in jails, more than 50 such inmates were transferred among various jails within the state. The 1991 batch IPS officer, who retired on September 30 from the service and was reappointed till December 31, was on his last jail inspection in Karnal along with a journalist contingent. Roy first visited the Jail Training Academy and later reached Bandi Khula Shivir (Open Air Jail). Jail superintendent Lakhbir Singh Brar said there are 23 such inmates living with their families inside the Bandi Khula Shivir complex, who are also permitted to engage in employment within a 20-km radius from 7 am to 7 pm. The DG also took stock of the ITI courses underway in the jail. Roy said, "Immediately after my appointment, gangsters and notorious criminals were identified and transferred to different jails. The impact of this strict measure was that no incidents of ransom demands, threats, or criminal activity via mobile phones were reported from within the prisons." He added that use of the Prison Inmate Calling System and enhanced surveillance have also ensured that the gangster is controlled. Regarding overcrowding, he said a jail has been constructed in Rewari and work on another one in Rohtak is progressing....