Tihar Jail opens up to 'Open Jail Concept': Six inmates to start working outside Prison walls

April,8,2017:

They will be allowed to work a 12-hour day, from 8 am to 8 pm.

Thanks to their good behaviour, the six inmates of the Tihar jail will now be allowed to take up jobs outside of prison premises.

This is a first for Delhi jail.

Six inmates are serving life-sentences and are housed in jail's semi-open jail section.

They can now seek employment anywhere within Delhi and will be allowed to work a 12-hour day, from 8 am to 8 pm. They will however need to report back to prison at night.

Six inmates are convicts on charges of murder and the other serious cases. They have spent first 12 years of their sentences in Tihar's jail No.2.

In view of their good conduct, they were moved to semi-open section of  jail, where rules are more relaxed, and where inmates stay in the flats instead of the prison cells.

Committee reviewed records of all the 78 inmates in semi-open jail before selecting the six out of them.

The Prison Authorities will assist them in finding employment if inmates are unable to find the jobs by themselves.

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