 "BS Number Wise: When prison means business")
When Mahatma Gandhi was jailed in the non-cooperation movement in 1922, he is said to have spent his time spinning yarn on his charkha. It is said he urged some imprisoned criminals to join in.
Indian prisoners, as part of vocational training and rehabilitation today, make handloom textiles, furniture, bakery items and other products. If the prison system were a listed company, its sales would rival some of India’s largest firms.
Inmates produced goods generating gross sales worth Rs 223.4 crore in 2020, according to the government’s annual Prison Statistics India report. The amount would rank the system at 496th
