OF JAILS AND JAMMERS

■ Punjab has 26 jails, including 10 Central jails.

■ Idea to install 4-G jammers was mooted by Capt Amarinder government after a series of reports on open use of mobile phones inside jails.

■ Newly appointed adviser to prisons department, Telangana ex-police chief VK Singh, termed it a “failed idea”.

■ Amritsar, Ludhiana and Ferozepur jails are considered most notorious as far as use of mobile phones is concerned.

■ Inmates use various methods to get access to mobile phones inside prisons, including bribing the officials and concealing instruments in their rectum on way back from court hearings.