| Depicting life within the confines of a prison |
27th Apr 2013
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Prisoners showing products created by them
r. Upneet Lalli, Deputy Director, Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh, is a well known name in the field of Correctional Administration in our country. Training field level functionaries of jails and policy-making issues in the correctional administration are some of the classified fields that Dr Lalli is primarily associated with. She has carved out a niche for herself in her chosen field by virtue of her invaluable contribution, consistently marked by the innovations and, of course, out-of-box thinking. Her photo exhibition 'Cage to Correction', to be exhibited at the Punjab Kala Bhavan, is dedicated to the prisons and their inmates.
Dr. Lalli has widely travelled across the globe to monitor the functions of correctional institutions (jails/prisons) and to apprise herself of the ground realities in respect to prison administration. While talking to Guardian20 about the exhibition Dr. Lalli said, "My objective behind this exhibition is to promote social awareness about our prisons and prisoners. There are 70 pictures in this exhibition depicting the inexplicable lives of prisoners in our country and a collage shedding light on prisons and the prisoners from across the world."
Prisons have evolved over a period of time from being places of captivity to places of reformation and rehabilitation. This has been a long and tedious journey with a dark historical backdrop which witnessed several brutalities meted out to convicts.
"The only thing that differentiates prison inmates is their confinement. Otherwise they are like all of us. Not all prisoners are essentially bad and they are ultimately sent back to live a normal life. The aim behind this exhibition is to see people's responses when they are made to encounter the interface between prisoners and society. It is important to change the mind-set so that these prisoners can get work along with proper wages so that they can lead a normal life, which is only possible if we accept them as human beings," adds Dr. Lalli.
Apart from the photographs, the exhibition will also showcase products and art work created by prisoners from different jails in Haryana, J&K and Himachal Pradesh.
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