Cherlapalli: In a first-of-its-kind achievement in the Indian prison system, Telangana Prisons & Correctional Services has achieved a significant milestone in prison administration and institutional excellence with the award of six prestigious ISO certifications to Central Prison, Cherlapalli, and the State Institute of Correctional Administration (SICA), Chanchalguda.
Coinciding with the observance of November as Quality Month and World Quality Week from November 9 to 13, the ISO certificates were formally presented by Dr. Soumya Mishra, Director General of Prisons, Telangana, to G. Pramod, Superintendent, Central Prison, Cherlapalli, and S. Srinivasa Reddy, Principal, SICA, Chanchalguda.
Central Prison, Cherlapalli has been awarded four prestigious International ISO Management System Certifications covering Quality, Environmental, Energy and Food Safety Management Systems.
These include ISO 9001 – Quality Management System, ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System, ISO 50001 – Energy Management System and ISO 22000 – Food Safety Management System.
These certifications recognise the systematic improvements and internationally benchmarked practices adopted by Central Prison, Cherlapalli. Under environmental and energy management, special emphasis has been placed on greenery development, environmental protection, solar energy utilisation, energy conservation and efficient use of resources.
Under Food Safety Management, significant improvements have been made in maintaining food hygiene and sanitation, ensuring hygienic preparation and handling of food, and adopting systematic food storage and distribution practices.
Special arrangements such as providing covers for food trays to maintain food hygiene during storage and transportation, ensuring timely distribution and establishing a proper steam-based cooking system for rice have strengthened food safety practices.
These measures help maintain food quality, hygiene and safety from preparation to distribution. Under Quality Management, organised administrative procedures, proper maintenance of registers and records, systematic documentation, monitoring of institutional activities and adherence to prescribed procedures have been strengthened.
These practices ensure greater accountability, consistency, transparency and efficiency in day-to-day prison administration. Further, the State Institute of Correctional Administration (SICA), Chanchalguda, has been awarded two prestigious ISO certifications, namely ISO 9001 – Quality Management System and ISO 22000 – Food Safety Management System.
The certificates were received by S. Srinivasa Reddy, Principal, SICA recognising the institution’s commitment to maintaining quality standards in administration, correctional training and food safety management.
This achievement marks a first-of-its-kind milestone in Indian prisons, demonstrating Telangana Prisons & Correctional Services’ efforts to adopt internationally recognised management systems across correctional institutions and training establishments.
The six certifications collectively reinforce the department’s commitment to quality, accountability, greenery development, environmental sustainability, energy conservation, food safety in preparation and distribution, systematic record maintenance and continuous institutional improvement.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Soumya Mishra highlighted the importance of adopting internationally recognised quality standards in prison administration. She stated that the certifications reflect the department’s commitment to quality, accountability, environmental sustainability, energy conservation and food safety.
She emphasised the importance of maintaining these standards through continuous monitoring, systematic documentation, hygienic practices and organised administration, and called upon officers and staff to ensure their sustained implementation.
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