Jail Radio: Haryana

Tinka Tinka is proud to announce its Radio Presentation Skill course for the selected inmates of three jails in Haryana namely Central Jail, Ambala, District Jail, Panipat and District Jail, Faridabad. Five inmates of each jail joined a short term course on Radio Presentation Skill Course from 26^TH December to 30^th December, 2020. Tinka

Tinka will help these jails to launch their first prison radio in the state. First jail radio in India was launched in Tihar Prison Complex, New Delhi in 2013. Vartika Nanda was a witness to this launch on that day during her project – Tinka Tinka Tihar.

Educational Background: State of Haryana has 17 districts and 3 central jails. In the year 2021, out of 5880 convicts in Haryana, 1223 were illiterate, 2321 had done class 10th, 1551 had passed 10th but had not completed graduation, 507 were graduates, and 137 had some technical degree/diploma while 141 were post-graduates. As for the undertrials, out of 18, 237 inmates, 3261 were illiterate, 7348 had studied below class 10th, 6057 had passed 10th and above but did not complete graduation.  1105 were graduates, 247 had some technical degree/diploma and only 219 were post-graduates. Among all the States/UTs, Haryana is among one of the several states which does not have separate staff for correctional work. It also does not have a women’s jail, an open jail and a borstal school: Source: NCRB, 2021.