On the morning of July 3, a total of 213 convicts, including 178 men and 35 women inmates, were granted premature release at the Cherlapalli Central Prisons in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The Telangana Prisons Department has provided jobs to several of them. These include 70 posts in the ‘My Nation’ petrol bunks. Officials also distributed sewing machines to eight released women convicts.
“As part of their reformation, the convict inmates have the facility of Higher education through the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Study Centre,” said the DG of Telangana Prisons, Dr. Soumya Mishra.
Of 213 released prisoners, 61 were from Cherlapalli Central Prison, 27 from Chanchalguda Prison, 20 from Warangal Central Jail, 31 from Prisons Agricultural Colony in Cherlapalli, 35 from Special Prison for Women in Hyderabad, 15 from Nizamabad Central Prison, seven from Adilabad district jail, one from Sangareddy Central Prison, two from Mahabubabad district jail, four from Nalgonda district jail, seven from Karimnagar district jail, four from Khammam district jail and three from Asifabad special sub jail.
The decision to release the prisoners followed applications submitted by the families during Praja Palana programme addressing the Chief Minister of Telangana, A. Revanth Reddy.
Published - July 03, 2024 12:54 pm IST
