Prison Heaven

Off late the mostly heard news in the media is all about the "Prisons". Prisons were developed with an idea of creating a situation for the convicts to realize their guilt and change their way of living. But these intentions have been living only on papers and till date no single prison seems to have achieved this.

The prisons have turned into a very highly secured fortress For may terrorists & anti social elements to plan their actions against the humanity & law. All that we hear about these prisons are absolutely shocking terrorizing. In today’s world there’s nothing that you can’t get inside a prison. Some things which are difficult to obtain outside the prisons are very easily available inside the prisons. Money serves as one key for all the doors within the prison. In most prisons, the prison guards & associated officials seem to be maintaining a rate card for each & everything. For example the following is a sample out of the Vellore Central Prison:
• One minute call charge on a mobile phone: Rs. 20/-
• To have your phone while in prison: Rs 200/- per day
• To recharge your phone: Rs 3050/-
This is just a sample of what’s going on in our prisons and there are more to it. There’s just nothing in world that you can’t get inside a prison these days.
It has to be noted that many bomb blasts that happened in major cities across India are linked to many people who are currently in the prisons. India has been challenging the world nations in terms of economy & intellect whereas the people involved in the governance seem to have the least interest the most sensitive issues like national security. Instead of writing stories & screen plays for the movies, if the Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister spends time on his official work and take some stringent action; it will help save lives of thousands. Will he really come forward to do this? Until the people involved in the governance understand their responsibilities the prisons will always be heavens for the anti social elements.