Tihar Prisons, also called Tihar
Jail and Tihar Ashram, is the largest complex of prisons in South Asia.
It is located at Tihar village, approximately 7 km from Chanakya Puri,
to the west of New Delhi, India. The surrounding area is called Hari
Nagar.
The prison is maintained as a Correctional
Institution. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into normal
members of the society by providing them with useful skills, education
and rules. It is meant to improve the inmates' self-esteem and
strengthen their desire to improve. Items manufactured by the inmates
bear the brand Tihar.
Asia's largest prison, Delhis Tihar Jail,
has taken its first step into online retailing, offering goods over the
Internet made by inmates including murderers and kidnappers. The Tihar
Jail factory comprises units in baking, carpentry, weaving, tailoring,
oil extraction, paper-making and shoe-making.
Inmates work in the furniture section of
Tihar Jail in New Delhi.
Inmates work in the paper-making section.
An inmate stacks clothing at an outlet of
Tihar Jail.
Inmates working in the bakery section.
An inmate stacks up some baked product on a
shelf.
An inmate works at a metal-working section.
Inmates work in the tailoring section.
Inmates work in the furniture section of
Tihar Jail in New Delhi.
Prisoners make branded food and art.
Proceeds go to their victims. The Tihar Factory, which trains and
employs convicts, raked in Rs 11 crore from sales of its TJ brand of
products last year.
