Hyderabad : State government granted premature release to 213 prisoners in Telangana on Wednesday.
The prisoners were lodged at Central Prisons – Sangareddy, Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Cherlapally and Warangal, and different jails in the States.
Among the 213 prisoners were 35 women. They were convicted by the courts in various crimes and based on their behaviour, jail term period and gravity of the cases.
Telangana prisons department providing jobs at ‘My Nation Fuel Stations’ to 70 prisoners including three women. Another eight women were provided with sewing machines so that they could take up tailoring vocation and earn a livelihood.