New Delhi: The Delhi Prisons Department in association with Indian Oil Corporation Limited on Saturday inaugurated the 'Parivartan - Prison to Pride' project in Tihar's central jail number five. The objective of the project is to promote sports in jails. DG (Prisons) Sandeep Goel along with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya inaugurated the project.
IOCL President Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, while addressing the prisoners, said that IOCL has started the initiative in 24 different districts across the country under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav program. The purpose of the initiative is to bring prisoners into the mainstream of society after they serve their sentences and show them the right way.
Sports training will be given to 80 prisoners in six different jails through nine trainers provided by IOCL. The trainers will train inmates in basketball, volleyball, badminton, chess, carrom and kho-kho in jail number two, four, five, six and seven of Tihar.
Offenders aged 18 to 21 years are lodged in jail number two, four, five, while female inmates are lodged in jail number six. IOCL will also provide necessary equipment and jerseys to the inmates.
All trainers were reputed players who will train the selected inmates for three months.
The objective of the programme is to mould any negative mindset of the inmates towards a positive direction to achieve the bigger goal of personality development and nation-building.
IOCL Executive Director Shyam Vohra, IG Jail Mukesh Prasad, DIG Jail Rajesh Chopra and Jail Superintendent were present on the occasion.
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