This episode is based on Vartika Nanda’s visit to Oslo Jail as a part of the first International Prison Radio Conference in Oslo, Norway, in June, 2022. Conference, organised by the Prison Radio Association in collaboration with the Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Services, was a historic event bringing together participants from over 20 countries. It was aimed at facilitating global knowledge and experience-sharing on the potential of jail radio in humanizing prisons and rehabilitating inmates.
Vartika Nanda’s 30-minute exhaustive presentation included an overview of prison radio in India and details of prison radio initiatives implemented by her non-profit organisation, Tinka Tinka Foundation, in District Jails of Agra and Dehradun as well as 8 jails of Haryana. This episode sheds light on the living conditions in Oslo Jail and the issue of isolation. This is more pertinent in the light of the research project completed by Vartika Nanda on the living conditions of women inmates and their children in jails and their communication needs with reference to Uttar Pradesh. This project is evaluated as OUTSTANDING by ICSSR.
Tinka Tinka Prison Reforms by the President Awardee and India’s leading Prison Reformer Dr. Vartika Nanda is the purest form of reformation in India which is working incredibly good to improve the lives of the prisoners by clearing the presumption that people have about prisons and prisoners.
Tinka Tinka constantly works to improve the lives of the inmates and adding creativity in the jails. My curiosity about this amazing reform eventually took me to amazing books written by Vartika Nanda.
I recently read ‘Tinka Tinka Madhya Pradesh’ and that book has changed my perspective about prisons and has made me question the treatment given to the inmates in so many ways. The fact that children are also kept in prisons who grow up in a gloomy environment, losing their childhood and innocence is really heartbreaking. The comparison made by Dr. Vartika Nanda in this book between jails in today’s world and jails during freedom struggle was an eye opener for me. I am really inspired by this book and want to help these children and other inmates. That is a must read book.
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