Everyday, a specially-trained team of about 25-30 convicts undergoing life imprisonment at the Puzhal Central Prison here make stationery called “file-pads,” at the niche hand-made stationery making unit. Besides using the banned notes, file-pads are also made using specially procured hard pads from Khadi, the official said. Its cover tag has “Urgent” and “Ordinary” markings, typical of the stationery used in government office. There is a proposal to upgrade the hand-made stationery making unit at Puzhal into a semi-automated facility which will enhance the productivity, the official said. Central jails in the state specialise in other areas of production apart from stationery-making by using convicts as its labour force.

Source: Hindustan Times January 07, 2018 16:18 UTC