Outlet exclusively for products made by jail inmates coming up in Chandigarh

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jun 26 2018 | 4:11 PM IST

The Chandigarh Prisons Department has decided to open a showroom here for the sale of the wide range of products, including sweets and furniture, made by Burail jail inmates.

Till now, the department has been marketing the sweets, snacks, sandwiches, herbal gulal and other products through an online platform.

"We are coming up with a showroom at Sector 22 here within a month, wherein all products made by inmates will be displayed," Chandigarh Inspector General (Prisons) O P Mishra said here today.

There will be separate sections for all each kind of product made by the prison inmates, he said, adding, "Once this showroom comes up, apart from the online platform, we will have physical display of goods."

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First Published: Jun 26 2018 | 4:10 PM IST

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