27 minutes agoPrison in which prisoners must secure their own survival
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)In the Sanganer prison in Jaipur, India, prisoners have a “culm on their heads”, but not even money and food. In this way, they must work themselves outside the prison gates to ensure survival, writes Masuma Ahuja for the BBC. They can work as factory workers, drivers, even as teachers [...]
They can work as factory workers, drivers, even as yoga teachers.
Ramchand and his wife, Sugna, are convicted of murder in Indian prisons. But this has not prevented them from living an extraordinary “life”. Rachmand works as a bus driver, and Sugna works in a clothing factory.
Sanganer's prison has become their home.
This prison has no fences or walls, no security guards, and prisoners are allowed, even encouraged to go out into the city and work every day. This open prison in 1950, has become home to 450 prisoners and is one of 30 such institutions in India's Rajasthan region, Periscopi broadcast.
Such prisoners are full, who say they sometimes find it hard to find work because they are prejudiced from abroad because of status “/inmate”.
Despite that, however, they live almost normal lives. They can buy motorcycles, phones, and televisions. They are not obliged to wear prison uniforms and live in homes with few residents. Every prisoner owns a house within the Sanganer prison, but, you know, the cost of living they have to provide themselves.
According to 2015 Indian prison statistics, of 419,623 prisoners in India, 3,789 were held in open prisons. /Periscopi/
