After four years, the nation's oldest prison's own station will launch a new group of prisoner radio hosts
Prisoners will now be chosen and trained as radio jockeys in this jail under the direction of the new Superintendent of Agra District Jail, Hariom Sharma. The training will be carried out by the Tinka-Tinka Foundation. August is probably when this construction will begin.
New Delhi: The four-year run of Agra's Radio, the nation's oldest prison, is now concluded. The inmates' life support system is the radio setup of the Agra District Jail, which was constructed in 1741 during the Mughal dynasty. It turned into a significant support for the convicts, particularly during Corona. Tinka-Tinka Foundation will now train new radio DJs in accordance with this. New convicts will shortly be trained under the direction of Jail Superintendent Hari Om Sharma. This radio programme, which started on July 31, 2019, has been successful in lowering prisoner depression.
In reality, SSP Bablu Kumar, Jail Superintendent Shashikant Mishra, and Dr. Vartika Nanda, founder of the Tinka-Tinka Foundation, launched this radio on July 31, 2004, precisely four years ago. Dr. Vartika is the one who created and trained Jail Radio. At that time, male and female prisoners Uday and Tuhina, both postgraduates from IIM Bangalore, were hired as radio hosts. Rajat, another prisoner, joined it later. In Uttar Pradesh's prisons, Tuhina became the first female radio host. Radio programmes are written by prisoners.
The Agra District Jail's radio is now widely discussed, and its continued broadcast has contributed to the humanization of the facility. Five central jails and at least 20 district jails around the state now have radios operating.
A new group of incarcerated radio hosts will be available
Prisoners will now be chosen and trained as radio jockeys in this jail under the direction of the new Superintendent of Agra District Jail, Hariom Sharma. The training will be carried out by the Tinka-Tinka Foundation. August is probably when this construction will begin.
Radio Experiments in Prison
This Agra District Jail's "Jail Radio" established a basis for other jails in Uttar Pradesh. increased the inmates' morale at the jail during Corona. Through this radio, significant information was delivered to the jail's inmates. This replaced the meetings as their primary method of communication. The convicts were learning about Corona with its assistance. They may use this to listen to their favourite music. They are quite enthusiastic about receiving their part. Singing Kajri songs while incarcerated is very enjoyable for women. Everyone has been motivated by the radio comedy "Kuch Khas Hai Hum Sabhi Mein."
Dr. Vartika Nanda conducted a particular study on Uttar Pradesh prisons at this time focused on the communication requirements of women and children in Indian jails. His study for the ICSSR in 2020 was regarded as exceptional, and it is currently being published as a book. The focus of this investigation was the District Jail in Agra.
Please let people know that Dr. Vartika Nanda is a well-known writer, media educator, and jail reformer in India. Dr. Nanda received the Stree Shakti Puraskar award from the President of India in 2014 for raising awareness of crimes against women via literature and the media.
He deserves praise for introducing radio to the prisoners in Uttarakhand and Haryana. The 2019 Tinka-Tinka India Award ceremony, which had Jail Mein Radio as its subject, was held at the District Jail in Lucknow. The three jail-related works by Vartika Nanda, Tinka-Tinka Tihar, Tinka-Tinka Dasna, and Tinka-Tinka Madhya Pradesh, are regarded as reliable accounts of prison life. He launched the Tinka-Tinka Foundation, which
but has launched Tinka Tinka Jail Radio, the first and only podcast. Tinka Tinka Jail Radio is the channel they use on YouTube to broadcast from.
