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Of the over 4 lakh prisoners in Indian jails, nearly 2.9 lakh pre-trial detainees and undertrials have been languishing for years as they await justice. But their voices are now being heard, thanks to these people.

In 2013, Divej Mehta came up with the idea of working with inmates inside state prisons. He didn't perceive them as mere convicts but as a potential workforce.

While it is one’s violation of societal conduct that leads them to the jail, who said that they cannot make the best out of that time?

Yellappa, now 35, had dropped out of school in Grade 7, but his time in prison gave him the chance to reflect and reevaluate the decisions he had made. It was at the time that he decided to get back to studying.

Authorities will launch a natural farming plan over the five-acres of agricultural land that is present on the jail's premises.

A student from Muttil village’s WMO English Academy in Wayanad, Didhul will teach the grown men how to make furniture from banana fibre and be accompanied by his father.

IGNOU will soon start diploma and certificate courses in RTI. The are expected to roll out by mid-2016 and early-2017 and will be compulsory for all central government employees.