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A prisoner embraces his kid at Nagpur Central Prison during ‘Galabhet’ MUMBAI: A programme in Maharashtra prisons that allows children under 16 to meet their incarcerated parent, touch and hug him/her has had a profound impact on both the inmate and the child, a study has shown. The programme, Galabhet , which means to embrace , has facilitated the prisoners to think about acquiring new skills, pursuing education and mentally exploring possibilities of productive areas of work after their release, the study found. Galabhet was initiated as a pilot in the Yerwada Central Prison, Pune, in 2016 for convicts serving life imprisonment. It was later extended to other prisons in state. The study conducted by Tata Trusts and Prayas, a field action project of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, covered 291 prisoners, family members and administrative staff at seven central prisons in state. ....
Maharashtra to unlock history in prisons Updated: Updated: The State government will open to visitors jails which once held freedom fighters Share Article AAA Tales of the past: The prison tourism project will be inaugurated at the Yerawada Jail in Pune on Republic Day. | Photo Credit: PTI The State government will open to visitors jails which once held freedom fighters The Maharashtra government is set to launch “jail tourism” under which historically significant jails in Maharashtra, which are still being used as penal centres, will be opened to visitors to see the barracks where freedom fighters were imprisoned by the British. ....