Sangareddy: Tourists visiting a colonial-era jail here in Medak district of Telangana can now get a first-hand experience of prison life by paying a fee of Rs 500 for a day's stay.
The 220-year-old District Central Jail at Sangareddy, which has now been converted into a museum, offers a 24-hour confinement under an innovative initiative called "Feel the Jail" launched by the Prisons department for people who want to spend time behind the bars and experience the feeling of being under detention.
During the stay, the inmates will be provided with a prison uniform made of khadi, a steel meal plate and glass, a mug besides washing soap, bathing soap, bedding and other facilities as per state prison manual, in addition to a fan.
Also a prior intimation is essential to avail this offer so that jail authorities can make necessary arrangements for the visiting inmates, he said.
There is no work schedule for visiting 'prisoners' but they have to clean their barracks and are free to plant saplings during their stay, the official said.
The heritage jail is spread over three acres of land of which the building occupies more than one acre. There are nine barracks in the male wing and one in the female wing.
The old jail was later converted into a museum and thrown open to public in June this year. The museum is furnished with history of prominent persons who were lodged there and exhibits several antiques, artifacts and equipments showing the history of jails during Nizam rule.
Also, a team of Prisons department is studying the possibility to start a children's park and ayurvedic village in the old jail.
The 220-year-old District Central Jail at Sangareddy, which has now been converted into a museum, offers a 24-hour confinement under an innovative initiative called "Feel the Jail" launched by the Prisons department for people who want to spend time behind the bars and experience the feeling of being under detention.
During the stay, the inmates will be provided with a prison uniform made of khadi, a steel meal plate and glass, a mug besides washing soap, bathing soap, bedding and other facilities as per state prison manual, in addition to a fan.
Also a prior intimation is essential to avail this offer so that jail authorities can make necessary arrangements for the visiting inmates, he said.
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There is no work schedule for visiting 'prisoners' but they have to clean their barracks and are free to plant saplings during their stay, the official said.
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The heritage jail is spread over three acres of land of which the building occupies more than one acre. There are nine barracks in the male wing and one in the female wing.
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The old jail was later converted into a museum and thrown open to public in June this year. The museum is furnished with history of prominent persons who were lodged there and exhibits several antiques, artifacts and equipments showing the history of jails during Nizam rule.
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Also, a team of Prisons department is studying the possibility to start a children's park and ayurvedic village in the old jail.
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