New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) To aid reformation of convicts and to show them that trust could be reposed in them, Tihar Central Jail, India's largest prison, has chosen 24 prisoners for the open-jail system this year.
"This year, 24 inmates have been selected for the semi-open jail. The selection of these convicts for their confinement in semi-open jail was approved recently by Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna," said Vimla Mehra, director general (Prisons).
Last year, only two inmates were selected for the semi-open jail, Mehra said.
While in the semi-open jail, a prisoner is allowed to work for a full day outside his sub-prison, but within the 400-acre sprawling premises of the jail.
Tihar houses some 12,000 prisoners. When the semi-open jail scheme was first announced last year, only two prisoners were found eligible for it.
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