Nurturing Future: The Transformative Power of Prison Creches
“Prisons” and “Creches” are not just any two words; they represent two vastly different worlds. It’s hard to imagine these two elements coexisting in the same setting. However, this unconventional concept of establishing creches within prisons has been gaining recognition for the positive reciprocal effect they have on incarcerated parents and their children. We […]
What is Children of Vulnerable Families?
What is Children of Vulnerable Families? Children of Vulnerable Families is a program within the India Vision Foundation. It was started in 1994 by Dr. Kiran Bedi. Currently, there are 300 kids in this program, and they are looked after by four members of the Foundation. These children are the most vulnerable and are the […]
What is Gurgaon Jail?
What is Gurgaon Jail? Gurgaon Jail is the district jail of Gurgaon City. It was founded in 1988 and has a capacity of 2400 prisoners. It is considered the model prison. The male and female inmates are separated and have a vocational center in each jail. It is 29.1 km from the Delhi Airport. The […]
Experience in Dst Jail Ghaziabad
One can live their life in their own bubbles with their own expectations and perspectives of the world. One can judge a criminal whether the verdict is out or not as per their liking. One can easily forget the human behind the bars and picture a cruel man who deserves nothing but pain. Such a […]
Project Milaap
The ongoing pandemic not only posed financial constraints to the prison inmates but also prohibited any family from visiting their loved ones confined within the four walls of the prison. The sole manner in which this gap could be bridged was by phone calls made from the prison to the inmates’ respective family members. Due […]
Silver Lining
“Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” Family provides us with love and support, it comes to our rescue when we are stuck in the darkest phase of our lives, it is a place where we can share our sorrows as well as happiness. Family plays a major role in the […]
Case Study RR: 1
RR1 was charged under the IPC 376 and POSCO act. He spent two and a half years in the Gautam Buddha Nagar Prison. He was a government schoolteacher before he went to prison. RR1, after coming to prison, started availing of counselling sessions provided within the prison and started expressing how he always felt technically […]
Case Study RR: 2
A resident of Meerut, RR2 came to Distt. Ghaziabad Prison in 2015, charged with IPC 420 and was released in 2019. Before coming to prison, she was a homemaker and had studied till Class X. She pled guilty and was convicted after three and a half years of being in prison. During her time inside, […]
Case study IP:1
IP1 lived in a village of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. He is one among nine siblings – seven brothers and one sister. He was charged under IPC 302 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He completed his first 14 years in Dist. Prison Muzaffarnagar and then was transferred to dist. Gautam Buddha Nagar prison in 2018 where […]
Case study IP:2
IP2 is a 40-year-old Creche Peer Leader who loves to spend time with children. She is a loving mother to 3 daughters, the youngest of which accompanied her to prison because she was just a year old. In 2014, when IP2 came to Prison, she was, but naturally depressed as she stayed within the barracks. […]