Kohima, April 6 (MExN): In furtherance of its ongoing reform, rehabilitation and reintegration initiatives at various jails in Nagaland, the Prison Department has initiated a training programme on ‘food and culinary skills’ at Central Jail, Dimapur.
Currently about 22 prison inmates and 18 jail staff are undergoing the three months training programme where they will be trained in making 25 different kinds of fast foods and snacks. The trainees would be certified after the completion of the training programme.
Five cooks from Nagaland Police and 3 cooks from Nagaland Home Guards are training the inmates. The jail department would be setting up a food court which would be used to sell the snacks made by inmates in due course of time.
Through a release, DG Prisons, Home Guards and Civil Defence, Rupin Sharma said upon completion of the training programme, the inmates would go back to their respective jails and impart the same to the other inmates.
He said the department is contemplating to open restaurants at Central Jail Dimapur, District Jail Dimapur and Kohima District Jail.
Simultaneously, the Central Jail Dimapur has also started Yoga classes programme for the inmates, which has been well received by the inmates.
Meanwhile, Sharma has thanked Dr Yan Murry, Chief Executive, Pinnacle Skills, Dimapur and Jail authorities for facilitating the inmates towards bringing a change in the society. The training facilities, he informed were set up with charitable donations from some contractors and Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar.
