Photo essay: How Kerala is mobilising prisoners to produce masks, sanitisers, go
The Kerala police, led by Rishi Raj Singh, the state's director general of prisons and correctional services, is counting on prisoners to produce face masks, hand sanitisers and hospital gowns
Sree Chitra hospital in Thiruvananthapuram has ordered 500 gowns from Poojappura’s gown-making unit
500 litres of hand sanitisers are produced daily, and sold at Rs 50 for 100 ml. Hand sanitisers are prepared under the guidance of chemistry professors from colleges across the state, adhering to the norms issued by the drug controller
Under the initiative ‘Food for Freedom’, 3 lakh chappatis are rolled and baked in the prison kitchens
550 kg of chicken is cooked in the prison kitchens per day on average
The meals are then packed and sold near hospitals and main junctions across 10 cities. While there is an extensive menu, the cheapest among them, chicken curry and chappatis, comes for Rs 35 a pop
Organic vegetables are maintained and cultivated inside the jail premises by the inmates
The organic farms at the jails cumulatively produce 300 kg of vegetables every day
The surplus vegetables are sold at prison canteen counters at a discounted rate
Some of the vegetables grown include red bananas. rich in beta carotene and vitamin C, harvested in Poojapura central jail
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