Giving new hope to prisoners
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network

Imphal, October 23 2012: A Muivah in Manipur has been endeavoring hard so that those prisoners in Manipur Central Jail do not stray themselves after they are released.

This Muivah does not mind doling out money from his own pocket for the welfare of the prisoners.

I.K Muivah, who is the Superintendent of Police in charge of Manipur Central Jail has been imparting vocational training to the inmates of the jail with the expenditure borne by himself.

On Tuesday, the police officer along with a media team inspected the jail and interacted with the inmates.

"The training has provided many benefits to the prisoners," said a prisoner while lauding the initiatives of I.K Muivah.

"The training has taught us the value of work culture inside the jail," the inmate added.

Speaking to media persons on the sideline of the inspection visit, I.K.Muivah said the training is being organized with an aim to impart valuable knowledge of different vocational trades to the inmates so that they can lead a better life after they are released from the jail.

According to the police officer, the expenditure needed in buying the materials to run the training has been used from his own pocket.

Even though the jail has its own vocational training centre, it was not functioning well for a long time due to shortage of materials and manpower.

It got started to function again for the last 3-4 months with the assistance provided by the police officer of the jail.

The training centre is being run under the supervision of Prabhapati Sinam, instructor of the training.

Class timing of the training is from 10 am to 2 pm daily.

Various products made in the training centre include hand-made cloths, agarbati, washing powder and liquid dish washer.

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