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Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Central Prison has decided to set up a departmental store, manned by convict prisoners, on Dr Nanjappa Road at Gandhipuram .
Named Freedom Filling Station, it is located on Ambattur Road here at Puzhal, abutting the Special Prison for Women (SPW-Puzhal). It will go a long way in reforming and rehabilitating the convicts, the Tamil Nadu prison department said.
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A retail outlet vending various products made by jail inmates at a very affordable price was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Minister for Law, Courts, Prisons and Correctional Services S. Reghupathy on Friday here.Branded as 'Freedom', the new Prison ...