700 Tihar Jail Inmates Hired By Hotels, 1,200 To Get Hospital Jobs Soon

In an interaction with Press Trust of India editors at its headquarters on Monday, Mr Baniwal, a 1989 batch IPS officer, said that he is happy to see inmates, who get employed after spending their jail term.

Around 700 inmates are employed and 1,200 more are presently getting training to work in various sectors after coming out of jail, Tihar's Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal said.

In an interaction with Press Trust of India editors at its headquarters on Monday, Mr Baniwal, a 1989 batch IPS officer, said that he is happy to see inmates, who get employed after spending their jail term.

Mr Beniwal, who had a stint of Chandigarh DGP, has been posted as Tihar DG since November 2022.