Tihar jail: Ultimate shopping destination

 

                           "The darker side always heavier than the lighter side" the perceptions of people about jail is the place where all the bad people of the society are kept behind the bars. So their criminal mind doesn’t play games and spoil social environment again as they are responsible for their lamentable behaviour. But in true terms jail is not the place to punish but to get better out of the person and make them responsible member of society. Tihar jail has understood the correct definition of jail by switching prison to shopping centre.

                           Earlier Tihar Jail was famous as the home of famous politically background criminals with the likes of Shahabuddin and Pappu Yadav but know it is slowly changing its identity by becoming one of the best manufacturing unit of the country. Its factory comprises of baking, carpentry, weaving, tailoring, oil extraction, paper-making and shoe-making.

                         All the products manufactured with the hard work of the prisoners and all the products are ISO certified and of better quality, reasonable price compare to its competitors in the market. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into normal members of the society by providing them with useful skills, education and rules. Various government departments such as Directorate of education, Social welfare department, Industrial training institutes, Polytechnic colleges, Delhi high court Navy and Parliament house, various cooperation’s and Tribunals etc are the main purchaser of Tihar Jail products.

                        There is always a debate on the wages given to the prisoners they are exploited by giving low wages. There income is categorised in to three parts skilled worker get Rs 52 per day, semi skilled worker gets Rs 44 per day and unskilled worker gets 40 per day. It is certainly not the reward for their master work in this inflation era. The jail authorities need to take this problem seriously.

                       For everyone home is paradise but the Tihar jail authorities shaped jail as a paradise for prisoners. They are provided with many facilities like education, health check-up, yoga and all the festival from Diwali to Holi are celebrated in a great way. Many prisoners after their jail term become so skilled that they start their own business after the training they get from jail. Tihar jail is not only jail but a employment guarantee factory.