agrameerut uttar pradeshs agra district jail on wednesday launched its internal radio station for prisoners as part of a rehabilitation programme to provide entertainment and unearth their hidden talentsundertrial tuhena saxena an iim bengaluru graduate and research scholar uday of agra have found a new lease of life where they have been given responsibility to entertain the fellow prisoners via microphone the two were booked in different cases related to attempt to commit culpable homicide and murder respectivelyit is like any other radio station but the programmes cannot be transmitted outside the jail it is dedicated to the inmates and the radio jockeys are also the prisoner themselves who will create content on a daily basis its like community radio with the service being available between 3pm and 4pm said agra district jails superintendent shashikant mishranamed district jail agra radio the station is equipped with an audio console microphone recorder amplifiers studio monitor speakers and other instruments the prisoners can listen to music anecdotes and get regular information about facilities extended to them such as parole meeting with their relatives and remission of their imprisonment periodofficer mishra who has been a pioneer in bringing many reforms across various jails of uttar pradesh said the objective of the radio station is to change the environment of jail and build confidence among prisoners inmates like tuhena and uday will get the opportunity to show their talent and motivate others to be part of the change this new initiative will also be a part of research work for scholarsjail authorities have installed speakers at every barrack so that the over 2000 inmates can listen to the programme