Srinagar, March 4 -- Saba Shawl has been appointed as the superintendent of the Srinagar central jail, becoming the first Kashmiri woman to head the Union Territory's biggest high-security correctional facility.

The J&K home department order, issued on Monday, posted four officers as superintendent of jails, with Shawl being assigned the Srinagar central jail.

Hailing from Pir Bagh locality in Srinagar, Shawl, 40, holds a master's degree in social work and cleared prestigious Kashmir Public Service Commission examination in 2012. Prior to her latest appointment, Shawl served as staff officer to the director general (prisons). She has also served as a public relations officer in the J&K prisons department.

According to reports, her prof...