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| Photo Credit: Special Arrangementmore-inBooks can provide companionship to prisoners serving out their sentence — proof of this concept was evident in its implementation when prisoners at the Central Prison in Puzhal bought books from a fair held exclusively for them inside the jail. Payments were deductible from the Prisoners’ Cash Property Account; wages are held in this account by the prison authorities when convicts earn for assigned work. The Prison Department requested the Tamil Nadu Nool Membaattu Kuzhumam to organise the three-day event, which ended on Saturday. On display were over 1,500 titles on subjects like Literature, History, the Tamil language, self-motivation and health, offered at a discount of 30%. Varied fare: On display at the fair were more than 1,500 titles, including classics..