Feel The Jail: What 24 hours in a real prison taught me - The Straits Times
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The writer (right) at the Chanchalguda Central Jail with actual short-term convicts as part of a “Feel The Jail” initiative.
The writer (right) at the Chanchalguda Central Jail with actual short-term convicts as part of a “Feel The Jail” initiative.
HYDERABAD – There it was, finally in front of me: the large red and blue metal gate of Chanchalguda Central Jail in Hyderabad, a southern Indian city. Before you, dear reader, begin to fret that one of your correspondents has turned criminal, fear not!
I had not murdered my neighbour, nor had I looted a bank. Instead, I was on an assignment to spend Oct 9 as a willing “convict” at the Chanchalguda prison, where a “Feel The Jail” initiative was launched in May allowing paying visitors a chance to experience life in jail.
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