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Cherlapally Central Jail: An abode for creativity
Debunking the myth that a jail is full of negativity, a documentary film, ‘A jail with a difference’ by a group of students from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Osmania University is out to prove that Cherlapally Central Jail is after all a beehive of creativity and productivity.
Strapline: Debunking the myth that a jail is full of negativity, a documentary film, ‘A jail with a difference’ by a group of students from the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Osmania University is out to prove that Cherlapally Central Jail is after all a beehive of creativity and productivity.
Deepak Pawar
Few identify weaving, painting, farming and baking with jail inmates, but then the inmates of Cherlapally Central Jail can give the best of bakers and gardeners a run for their money. Thanks to the government’s initiative of transforming and rehabilitating prisoners, the inmates are churning out a variety of products and are learning trades that would fetch them dividends in the future and also make them self reliant.
The inmates of the Cherlapally Central Jail are also trained in various plumbing, mechanical and electrical works. Prisoners who complete this training are also given certificates from the National Academy of Construction (NAC) which is responsible for giving them theory and practical classes.
The NAC, champions the cause of reforming the inmates by giving them vocational courses in two batches, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The inmates are provided with such education to bring a positive change for their release back into society. The education they receive will offer life skills and provide them with positive reinforcement to change their lives for the better; while restructuring the way some think and continue through life and society through making proper choices and better role models.
The Cherlapally Jail has a vast area of land under agriculture. The inmates grow fruits, vegetables, cereals and pulses over 128.9 acres of land. The vegetables grown here are supplied to HUDA (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority), 60% of the produce is exported outside the jail.
Prisoners Agricultural Colony, Cherlapally was started in the year 1954 for the Welfare of Prisoners as well as giving them training in Agriculture and allied activities like Poultry, Sheep Farm, Dairy Farm and so on, so that they can employ themselves in one of the trades in which they were trained in the colony which will enable them to earn their lively-hood without depending on others and they will not become burden to the society after their release.
In the Cherlapally Jail, there is an industry section were they produced various kind of products like furniture, textiles, soaps and phenyls. At the durry section they manufacture rugs and carpets which are so good that they can last a hundred years. In the steel furniture unit they make steel benches, cots, racks, cupboards which are supplied to colleges and schools. 99 % of the furniture is supplied to the government offices. The goods which are made by these inmates are exhibited and sold in Numaish also known as Exhibition is an annual consumer exhibition held in Nampally, Hyderabad
The prisoners are being paid at the rate of Rs. 20/- recently the Government has increased the incentive of Rs 70/- per day. Many films have portrayed prisons as places of violence and vandalism. However, at Cherlapally the scene is far from violent. Infact, there is an inmate called Jahangir who has written a book called ‘Sara Hindustani’, which is about peace and non-violence, his Gandhian ideals tell us that our perception of an inmate is totally wrong. Apart from all these things the jail also has now built a meditation pyramid for the inmates so that they can forget their mistakes and concentrate on a positive living.
Truly Cherlapally Jail shows us that no person is born a criminal, circumstances force people to adopt crime. However, if prisons aim at reforming and rehabilitating convicts and treating them positively, they’d be giving the prisoners an opportunity to forego their past and start their life afresh with a new perspective.
The documentary film has been made by Deepak Pawar, Esfaqhol Rahman, P Y H Prakaash, A Akshita and Taher Hussain, who are a group of students from the Communication and Journalism Department, Osmania University, which is available on the Hans India Website and will be screened on HMTV shortly.
Check the video here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d05-f__YxzU
