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Chennai: Inmates of the Vadodara Central Jail launched their own radio station in an initiative aimed at rehabilitation and reformation of prisoners and to help them express their creative side officials said. Around 1500 prisoners are lodged in the jail and a few of them will be trained to become radio jockeys as part of this internal 'Radio Prison' service they said. This is the fourth prison in Gujarat to launch such a radio service. Gujarat's Inspector General of Prisons K L N Rao launched the service at the central jail and said it will serve as a multi-level infotainment (information and entertainment) platform for jail inmates. The Ahmedabad Central Jail was the first to start such a radio service on 2 October last year on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi..