Women prisoners of Tihar Jail
WildFilmsIndia
2014-08-13
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The largest compound of prisons in South Asia, Tihar Jail is also known as Tihar and has a brand of their own by the name of TJ's! It is located around 7 km away from Chanakya Puri, west of New Delhi, India at Tihar village. The nearby area is called Hari Nagar. It is not just a prison but also a Correctional Institution. Its main objective is to provide useful skills, and educate the inhabitants so as to make them normal members of society. The prison is meant to strengthen the inmates' desire to improve by boosting their self esteem.
The inmates also manufacture products under the brand name of Tihar or TJ's. It was run by the State of Punjab until 1966 and was a maximum security prison but later the control was transferred to National Capital Territory of Delhi. Additional facilities were constructed in 1984 and it became the Tihar Prison.
The most liked Inspector General of the Tihar was Kiran Bedi who under her jurisdiction introduced a number of prison reforms, including changing the name to Tihar Ashram. Vipassana, a meditation program for both staff and inmates was also initiated by her. The Prison has yielded an inmate who has passed the Indian Administrative Service civil service examinations.
The largest compound of prisons in South Asia, Tihar Jail is also known as Tihar. It is located around 7 km away from Chanakya Puri, west of New Delhi, India at Tihar village. The nearby area is called Hari Nagar.It is not just a prison but also a Correctional Institution. Its main objective is to provide useful skills, and educate them so as to make them normal members of the society. The prison is meant to strengthen the inmates' desire to improve by boosting their self esteem.
The inmates also manufacture products under the brand name of Tihar. It was run by the State of Punjab until 1966 and was a maximum security prison but later the control was transferred to National Capital Territory of Delhi. Additional facilities were constructed in 1984 and it became the Tihar Prison.
The most liked Inspector General of the Tihar was Kiran Bedi who under her jurisdiction introduced a number of prison reforms, including changing the name to Tihar Ashram. Vipassana, a meditation program for both staff and inmates was also initiated by her. The Prison has yielded an inmate who has passed the Indian Administrative Service civil service examinations.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
The inmates also manufacture products under the brand name of Tihar or TJ's. It was run by the State of Punjab until 1966 and was a maximum security prison but later the control was transferred to National Capital Territory of Delhi. Additional facilities were constructed in 1984 and it became the Tihar Prison.
The most liked Inspector General of the Tihar was Kiran Bedi who under her jurisdiction introduced a number of prison reforms, including changing the name to Tihar Ashram. Vipassana, a meditation program for both staff and inmates was also initiated by her. The Prison has yielded an inmate who has passed the Indian Administrative Service civil service examinations.
The largest compound of prisons in South Asia, Tihar Jail is also known as Tihar. It is located around 7 km away from Chanakya Puri, west of New Delhi, India at Tihar village. The nearby area is called Hari Nagar.It is not just a prison but also a Correctional Institution. Its main objective is to provide useful skills, and educate them so as to make them normal members of the society. The prison is meant to strengthen the inmates' desire to improve by boosting their self esteem.
The inmates also manufacture products under the brand name of Tihar. It was run by the State of Punjab until 1966 and was a maximum security prison but later the control was transferred to National Capital Territory of Delhi. Additional facilities were constructed in 1984 and it became the Tihar Prison.
The most liked Inspector General of the Tihar was Kiran Bedi who under her jurisdiction introduced a number of prison reforms, including changing the name to Tihar Ashram. Vipassana, a meditation program for both staff and inmates was also initiated by her. The Prison has yielded an inmate who has passed the Indian Administrative Service civil service examinations.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].
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