Society Watch: Transformation of Prisoners in Karnataka

'Roopantara' is a well thought out scheme of  Karnataka Prisons Welfare association. A programme to make prison inmates to be ready to face challenges in external world once their imprisonment term is completed.   This Rehabilitation of prisoners scheme is a brainchild of Director General of Prisons Mr. H.N Satyanaryan Rao. It is said that Mr. Rao had witnessed such a scheme during his visit to China, so that long term imprisoned persons are made ready to face the challenges emerging in external society. Thus this programme called 'ROOPANTARA' - meaning Transformation has come in place in state of Karnataka.

Transformation: From Prison to New Open World

This programme in its inception has 190 jail inmates registered to be trained as they will be soon facing the reality of outside world as their release is scheduled for Jan 26th Republic Day. According to sources of Prisons, already these prisoners are being trained under 'Roopantara' scheme and various levels of training is imparted on them. Here are the important levels of training to which these 190 prison inhabitants are exposed to:

1. Personal Interview: To know about the history and challenges these inmates will have to face once they are released
2. Rigorous Physical Training: As majority of these inmates would have spent 14 years of term within four walls, training them physically with rigorous exercise to be active in society
3.   Emotional & Mental Training: To impart emotional and psychological training to face the external world calmly
4. Reunion with family members: Establish rapport with their family members and guide them to handle these people sensibly
5. Imparting Spiritual Training: Based on the beliefs of individuals training them to be spiritually good
6. Funding For self-employment: As, no one offers employment to such citizens, extending helping hand by funding to start their own business

As the adage goes: "Hate the Crime not the Criminal/Culprit", Mr. Sathyanaran Rao has taken forward an excellent scheme to provision those neglected citizens, who are made to suffer with inferiority complex in this external world. Now, It is up to the authorities to implement the scheme with utmost sincerity and provide a role model scheme to all other prison cells in Nation.

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