INDIA: Jails to offer poetry to inmates

Updated July 26, 2007 20:01:07

India's prison systems have a notorious reputation. Overcrowding and violence are commonplace, and human rights groups claim a lack of transparency has contributed to the abuse of detainees in jails and detention centres. Now, in an attempt at reform, prison authorities in southern India are introducing inmates to poetry, literature and music.

Presenter: Steve Holland

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