THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Prisoners in Kerala will now get an extra opportunity to earn some money as state govt has allowed the prisoners to work as employees in petrol pumps and take home a salary. The Kerala government has rolled out Petrol Pumps from jail premises in association with Indian Oil Corporation.
Speaking to ANI, Rishiraj Singh, Jail DGP said that initiative to employ jail inmates in petrol pumps was taken as in Kerala there are many projects of which prisoners are a part of and are being employed.
“In petrol pumps, 15 jail inmates will be employed at each pump. The outlets of Thiruvananthapuram, Viyyur and Cheemeni jails have been started to function from today. Many express doubt whether the prisoners will try to escape. But my experience working with them prove otherwise.
