The Industrial Exhibition to begin on January 1 will as usual host Andhra Pradesh Prisons Department stall which will display items prepared by prisoners. The items prepared by prisoners serving life sentence in Warangal, Rajmundry and Cherlapally Centre jail are put on sale in a 24×50 ft stall obtained on 50 percent rent. The items include candles, bed sheets, carpets, stationery, phenyl, furniture, wooden items, paintings, and vegetables.
According to Prison Department, prisoners are given Rs. 70 per day for preparing those items. Prisoners of Cherlapally jail work as salesmen in the stall set up for prisoners.
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