81 Ex-Inmates Get Job Offers Thanks To Job Fair Held By Prison Department In Telangana

Whenever a person commits a crime, it is imperative to put them on trial to be judged and punished fairly. However, it is also necessary to take adequate steps to rehabilitate them into society after their sentence is complete. They must be given opportunities to work and earn a stable income so that they do not fall back to their criminal ways of the past. Serving a sentence should change them for the better so that they become productive members of society.

To this end, the Telangana Prison Department has been conducting job fairs for ex-inmates for the past 2 years.

Times Now News quoted Jailor and In-charge of the Employment Cell, Sriman Reddy saying,

“Two years ago, we had started the job fest for the released prisoners in Mehboobnagar in Telangana, where we had provided employment to 175 released prisoners. Then, for the second time, the fest was conducted at Karimnagar in the state where as many as 102 released prisoners got placed. The third fest was conducted in Hyderabad and the fourth was conducted in Warangal.”

On June 22, the fifth job fair was held for 129 ex-prisoners out of which 81 successfully landed offers from companies.

Sailu, one of the people who got an employment offer, said,

“Everyone needs a job and if they get it, no one will ever think of committing a crime. I am thankful to the Prison Department.”

It is heartening to see companies coming forward and giving them a way to redeem themselves and earn their livelihood in an honest manner. We sincerely hope that such fairs are conducted in each and every prison in India.

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