Central Jail, Ambala has launched its prison radio, being third in the state. It is inaugurated by Shri Rajeev Arora, IAS, ACS Home & Jails, Shri K. Selvaraj, IPS, Director General of Prisons, Haryana and Shri Lakhbir Singh Brar, Superintendent of Ambala Jail and Dr. Vartika Nanda, Founder, Tinka Tinka. The Prison Radio in Haryana is the brainchild of India’s leading prison reformer Vartika Nanda. She heads the Department of Journalism in Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and is the founder of Tinka Tinka, a movement on prison reforms.
The jail radio is aimed at addressing the vital communication needs of 1100 inmates lodged in this jail. This jail is one of the three central jails of Haryana and also a historical jail of India which witnessed the execution of Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1949. The purpose of the prison radio is to promote art, creativity and harmony in the jail.
21 inmates were chosen as Radio Jockeys…