Heritage Jail Museum also known as Jail Museum and Sangareddy District Jail[1] is a 220-year-old colonial-era jail, now converted into a museum. It is located in Sangareddy, Sangareddy district of Indian state Telangana. The jail allows tourists to live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs.500 ($A9.90).[2][3][4] The museum displays the paintings and other artifacts related to crime and prison life in India.[5]
History
According to the PWD Records, this imprison was built during the Prime Ministership of Salar Jung I in 1796 A.D., during Nizam rule in the princely state of Hyderabad.[6][7] It was closed in 2012.
Museum
In June 2016, the jail was converted into a museum by prison department, when M. Lakshmi Narasimha, the Deputy SP of the jail came up with the Feel The Jail idea.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Sangareddy District Jail, India: The prison tourists pay to enter and spend the night(September 12, 2016).
- ↑ Feel the jail programme sees good response(July 23, 2017).
- ↑ Pay Rs 500 and spend a day at Sangareddy jail in Telangana(August 31, 2016).
- ↑ Feel like a ‘prisoner’ for a day at this Telangana jail museum(September 1, 2016).
- ↑ Prison tourism: How it feels to spend a day in this 220-year-old Telangana jail(September 6, 2016).
- ↑ Heritage Jail Museum, Sangareddy. telanganatourism.gov.in. Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation.
- ↑ First jail museum inaugurated in Medak(June 6, 2016).
- ↑ A jail in Telangana is letting tourists live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs 500(September 2, 2016).