BAPASI hands over 400 books to jail library
Prisoners allowed to a keep a book for a maximum of one week
The jail library functioning inside the sprawling Central Prison premises here has been equipped with more books in its shelves.
The Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) has sponsored a little over 400 books to the Central Prison library for the benefit of the book-loving inmates.
The books supplied by the BAPASI, which organised the first-ever book fair in Tiruchi, is of diverse titles and topics.
This is a goodwill gesture on the part of the booksellers and publishers for the benefit of the inmates, say prison authorities.
Functioning in the second block inside the huge Central Prison premises, the jail library has nearly 2,000 books on varied titles at present.
Prisoners are given access to the library and allowed to read books inside the library as well as to take them to their respective cells for reading them patiently, a senior official said.
Prisoners are allowed to keep the books for a maximum of one week by the library, which has been functioning for several years now. The jail library functions from morning to afternoon.
The library helps inmates get over negative thoughts by reading books, the official added. The Central Prison houses over 1,300 prisoners, including 700 convicts.
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