Hubballi: Enrichment of the mind seems to have delivered peace in prison from Hubballi, where the incident clashes among prisoners have witnessed the sharp slide after the library was launched in its place.
The authorities in the prison decided to open the library in place as part of the steps to reform inmate.
The response from prisoners has been very positive, with many of them spending hours together, sinking in the world of amazing books.
Sub-prison in Hubballi accommodates 120 prisoners, including more than 20 students.
These detainees are vulnerable to being involved in clashes and quarrels with each other, now putting their time to use it better by tracing magazines and newspapers to keep up with the latest developments throughout the world, reading fiction and various book genres whose libraries are offered.
Subballi supervisor Subbelli Ashok Bhajantri said that the library, opened to detainees in April, accommodated more than 1,000 books.
“The prisoners who are students before brushes with law, seems to tend to read books on competitive exams, while the elderly prisoners are understood interested in the spiritual and myth titles including Ramayana, Mahabharata, et al,” Bhajantri said.
He said that staff in prison had observed the changes seen in the behavior of inmates after the opening of the library.
“Prison personnel ensure that the inmates get whatever book they want regardless of the clock.
The inmates borrow books in the morning and spend a better part of the day of reading,” Bhajantri added.
Among the famous titles available at the library, including the work of Kuvempu, Da Ra Bendre, Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, SL Bhyrappa, Devanooru Mahadeva and Chandrashekara Kamabra.
The detainees appealed to Judge KN Gangadhar to help establish a library in prison, when he visited the facility on the occasion of the human rights day last December.
Based on his direction, the prison supervisor allocated a room for the library in place, and opened for inmates in April.
‘Keeping prisoners involving their health key’ lack of activity encourages prisoners to boredom, making them easily angry.
Activities such as reading not only ensure they are engaged, but also help distract them from their current situation, and continue to disturb the mind, be about the past or future, in the Gulf.
In addition, information obtained from Swadaya books will offer a unique perspective, which can help them improve their lives.
Interesting prisoners in such activities are very important for their mental well-being.
– Dr.
Sahitya Br | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience