Police Drug De-addiction Rehabilitation and Mental Health Care Centre (DDRC), Jammu will introduce a new skilling cum training centre for inmates to ensure their meaningful employment post recovery.
Besides, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mission Yuva and Skill India for provision of loans to those patients who have remained off drugs for six months or so is also in offing.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Headquarters Jammu Anna Sinha, while pointing out that the Centre has treated 18000 patients till date, has stated that the vision is to “make the Police DDRC a hub for 360 degrees rehabilitation process for addicts.”
“For this, we have developed a Skilling cum Training Centre for addicts which will give them vocational skills to get meaningfully employed, soon to be inaugurated. Drug De-addiction is as important as catching drug peddlers. Next in line is a Yoga cum Meditation Centre for building spiritual and mental resilience in patients. This will ensure Nasha Mukti reaches its rightful conclusion,” she asserts.
The Centre, SP Sinha- who is also in-charge DDRC Student Intern, informed also provided research internship for Post graduate students of Psychology and Criminology. 10 selected students from Delhi University and Jammu University undertook the internship.
“My visit to the De-Addiction and Rehabilitation Centre was insightful and educational. I learned about addiction, counselling, empathy, and rehabilitation. The experience improved my practical understanding of mental health and recovery,” shares Ayushi Jasrotia, a student of Psychology Department, University of Jammu, who interned at the Centre as a part of her research.
Another student of Psychology Department, University of Jammu, Mansha Mahajan, who too undertook research internship, described her experience at the Centre as “truly insightful and enriching”, adding that it (Centre) provided a safe, structured, and supportive environment that focused not only on overcoming substance dependence but also on the overall psychological and emotional well-being of the individuals.
“The staff were compassionate, approachable and dedicated towards helping the patients through their recovery journey. As a psychology student, the experience gave me an opportunity to understand addiction beyond textbooks and observe the importance of counselling, empathy, motivation, family support and relapse prevention in rehabilitation,” Mansha Mahajan stated.
She stated that interacting with the patients and learning from the professionals was a valuable experience that enhanced her practical understanding of addiction and strengthened her perspective towards mental health and rehabilitation.
“Overall, the experience was meaningful, educational, and personally enriching,” she asserted.
With regard to Centre’s current status in terms of facilities, SP Sinha shares that with 25 In-Patient Department (IPD) beds, it has a 12-hour OPD (Out-Patient Department) treating 500 persons per month. Centre is well-equipped with food and lodging facilities.
With the objective of further strengthening the DDRC Jammu in terms of infrastructure and other facilities, according to her, a skilling cum training centre for short term vocational training of staff.
It will introduce a new skilling cum training centre offering short term courses i.e., plumbing, electrician, mobile repairing, basic computer courses, solar technician and AC or refrigerator repairing.
SP Sinha points out that the Centre has a digitisation record of 10500 patients admitted in it (DDRC) from time to time.
Focus, according to her, is also on recreational and educational activities for inmates.
Recently, Centre organised a debate competition between inmates, under the supervision of SP Headquarter Jammu and arranged motivational lectures on “Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyaan” at Jammu as well as Government Middle School Qasim Nagar during the anti-drug campaign.
The doctors of DDRC also delivered a lecture during Principals’ conference 2026-27 on prevention of drug abuse.
