KOCHI: The documentary will be part of the Prison Museum for which the state government has sanctioned Rs 6 crore. “We had sought a fund of Rs 9 crore for the museum and associated projects. The government has sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the next two years,” said an officer with the Prisons Department. “The museum at Viyyur in Thrissur will be the first of its kind in India.
There will be enclosures in which people can spend 24 hours to experience life inside prison. There will be separate cells for women and men. The museum will have British-era records, warrants, registers, torture equipment on display.”
There are also plans to recreate underground cells and dark cells that even prisoners have not seen before. There will be a cafeteria and shops.
There are three central prisons, two open prisons, 11 district jails, three women’s prisons, one women’s open prison, one borstal school, 16 special sub-jails and 16 sub-jails in Kerala. As part of the reformation programme, prisoners learn many skills such as making food products.