Kanpur: With an aim to train women prisoners in useful skills during their jail term and to make them self-reliant and economically capable, on the initiative of district magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh, four sewing machines were installed in the women barrack of the district jail.On this occasion, district magistrate said that prison was a medium to reform and rehabilitation. Efforts were being made to connect women prisoners to the mainstream of the society by providing them with useful life skills. Through such creative programmes, inmates could use their time positively.Under this programme, training will begin with the stitching of two suits as a gift to each female prisoner. The training is being arranged by advocate and social worker Disha Arora, who is also the president of Achintya Charitable Foundation.After the training, willing and skilled female inmates will be assigned regular sewing work and they will also be paid remuneration for the work done by them.Jail superintendent B D Pandey said that the jail administration would systematically run the self-employment activities of women prisoners. He assured full cooperation to the District Legal Services Authority and the NGO.On this occasion, additional district judge/secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Kamlesh Kumar Maurya, while addressing the women prisoners, motivated them for active participation in the training.
