Himachal Pradesh's Director General (Prisons) Somesh Goyal (IPS:1984:HP), who is credited with reforming some of the prisoners with music, has opened another chapter in reforming hardened criminals. At his behest, in Shimla's first book cafe, inmates of a sub-jail are trained by a renowned hotel to make cookies and pizzas and serve them to customers.
The cafe has a seating arrangement for 40 people at a time and has been constructed at a cost of Rs 20 lakh. It was inaugurated by state CM Virbhadra Singh last week.
As part of his experiment, Goyal got 10 inmates of the Nahan Central Jail trained in music. These amateur musicians also played their music at a function last year that was attended, among others, by the CM.
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By IndianMandarins - 2017-04-19 11:00:47
Himachal Pradesh's Director General (Prisons) Somesh Goyal (IPS:1984:HP), who is credited with reforming some of the prisoners with music, has opened another chapter in reforming hardened criminals. At his behest, in Shimla's first book cafe, inmates of a sub-jail are trained by a renowned hotel to make cookies and pizzas and serve them to customers.
The cafe has a seating arrangement for 40 people at a time and has been constructed at a cost of Rs 20 lakh. It was inaugurated by state CM Virbhadra Singh last week.
As part of his experiment, Goyal got 10 inmates of the Nahan Central Jail trained in music. These amateur musicians also played their music at a function last year that was attended, among others, by the CM.
