BHOPAL: The jail minister Bala Bachchan dedicated the open jail in Bhopal on Wednesday. He stated that prisoners in this jail will have the opportunity to build relations with the family as well as with the outer world. The Bhopal open jail is the 6th jail of the state.
The Bhopal open jail comprises 2BHK cottages, where murder convicts left with up to two years of jail terms are allowed to live with their families. These convicts, who have also been certified by the respective central jails for their good conduct for the jail term already spent, are allowed to work outside and earn on their own.
“It’s a kind of midway home for the murder convicts before they settle with their families again after completion of jail term and start a normal life again,” said DG Jail Sanjay Choudhary while talking to Free Press.
He added that the first open jail of the state is Hosangabad jail later four more jails were opened in Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar and Indore.
The Bhopal central jail jailer Priyadarshan Shrivastava informed that the jail comprises eight cottages and in these cottages nine prisoners will be kept. As in one cottage father, son and family will reside.
Open jails in MP
The open jail concept is just like the Bollywood movie Do Aankhe Barah Haat, in which the dreaded criminals are kept before releasing them from the prison. The first two jails in the state were established in the 1980’s in which the dacoits were kept. These jails where established in Mungawali of Ashoknagar district and in Laxminagar of Panna district. Later the jails were close following the failure to live up to their potential. Latter in 2010 the idea was mooted again and a jail was established in Hosangabad. Following success in Hosangabad five more jails have been opened in the state including the latest one in Bhopal.
