Jail Jyothi project launched

A literacy programme christened ‘Jail Jyothi – jails without illiterates’, to ensure total literacy among inmates in prisons in Kerala.It is estimated that nearly 1,000 out of the 7,000-odd inmates in 53 jails across the State were illiterate.In the Poojappura Central Prison alone, there were as many as 211 illiterates among the nearly 1,300 prisoners.The goal of the programme is to ensure total literacy in jail inmates. Education Minister C. Ravindranath launched the programme.