70 per cent of the prisoners in Indian jails are undertrials. They are not being released from the prisons for the want of sureties or inability to pay fine amounts. Surveillance technology should be used at every entry point in the prisons to detect drugs, says parliamentary panel. ‘ganja’ and cell phones, among others, are the common contraband items that are most frequently smuggled into the prisons, says report. The committee also observed that e-Mulakat, video conferencing etc. will also help reduce the smuggling of contraband into the prison as prisoners can communicate with their families through such facilities. It recommended that a multi-layered approach such as physical search, use of X-ray scanners, other devices that can detect drugs and rehabilitation programmes for prisoners afflicted with drug addiction should also be put in place as it can significantly reduce the entry of drugs within correctional facilities and jails. The states and Union Territories (UTs) may consider planning programmes like Opioid Substitute Therapy (OST) as in the case of Assam to de-addict and wean away such prisoners in the jails, it observed.