Aiming to motivate prisoners to get education, Burail Jail authorities organised a motivation programme to spread awareness of various educational courses among prisoners. Burail Jail has around 800 inmates. Out of which, nearly 120 prisoners are pursuing various course through IGNOU.
A spokesperson of the jail said, “UT Inspector General of Prisons Maneesh Chaudhry recently directed the jail authorities to motivate more prisoners for education and other vocational programmes. The programme was in the series of directions and more programmes will be conducted in future for reformation and rehabilitation of inmates.”
A spokesperson of the jail said that the aim of the programme was to spread awareness about IGNOU course and motivate the inmates to enroll for various courses so that they can be reform and rehabilitate. Recently, in a unique convocation organized by the jail authorities, as many as 124 prisoners were awarded degrees and certificates by UT Additional Inspector General of Prisons Balbir Singh Dhol.