Jail Radio: Karnal

Date of Inauguration: 29 April, 2021

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

Tinka Tinka Foundation introduced prison radios in jails of Haryana. This was done in four phases. District Jail, Karnal is one of them, chosen in the second phase.

Model: Tinka Model of Prison Radio 

Jails in Phase II: District jails of Rohtak, Karnal, Gurugram and Central Jail, Hisar 1

Gratitude: Shri Ranjit Singh, Jail Minister, Haryana,  Shri Rajeev Arora, IAS, ACS, Home & Jail Department, Shri K. Selvaraj, IPS, Director General of Prisons, Haryana, Shri Amit Bhadu, Superintendent, District Jail, Karnal and Ms. Shailakshi Bhardwaj, Deputy Superintendent, District Jail, Karnal.

Tinka Jail Paathshala in DJ, Karnal

District Jail, Karnal: 7 April, 2024: Meeting was held with Deputy Superintendent of Jail Ms. Shailakshi Bhardwaj and selected inmates regarding the progress of the jail radio. The meeting was attended by 10 inmates, including 2 women inmates.