Summary:
LIFE AT OPEN JAIL* Prisoners have to satisfy stringent conditions to be shifted to the open jail. The fact that the growers’ Vishu celebrations will be at the Open Jail at Nettukaltheri do not dampen their enthusiasm. Shijo Thomas, welfare officer, Open Jail, Nettukaltheri. Both function as one with the same set of officers and staff members,” explains M.
Mohanakumaran, superintendent of the open jail. “Spread over two complexes, the open jail, established in 1962, was allotted 500 acres by the forest department..