Overview
- The J&K Home Department assigned Shawl to the role through an official transfer order dated March 2.
- A 2012 Kashmir Public Service Commission batch officer, she holds a master’s degree in social work.
- She previously served as staff officer to the Director General of Prisons and as the J&K Prisons Department’s public relations officer.
- Srinagar Central Jail, the UT’s oldest and largest high‑security correctional facility, houses more than 900 inmates, including several political prisoners, under police and CISF guard.
- The prison has seen past contraband raids recovering mobile phones and earlier held foreign militants and top separatist leaders before many were moved to Kot Bhalwal in Jammu.