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Washing machines in jails: India improves prisoner welfare but overcrowding still an issue
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Washing machines and biometric e-kiosks were launched at Yerawada Central Jail in Pune, India.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF MAHARASHTRA PRISONS DEPARTMENT
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BENGALURU – Prison modernisation reforms got off to a quirky start at a major prison in the western Indian state of Maharashtra with the roll-out of nine washing machines for its inmates.
But beyond relieving inmates of having to wash their clothes by hand, advocates say India needs an express cycle for its justice system to clean out the problem of overcrowding in prisons.
