bareilly theres good news for those lodged in up jails the state government has decided to install led tv sets in the barracks of all district and central jails in the state the government has sanctioned rs 347 crore to purchase 900 led tvs and rs 79 lakh to install 3889 ceiling fans in 54 jails according to bareilly central jail officials installation of tv sets in barracks will help inmates in peacefully passing time as a large number of them sit idle throughout the day meanwhile activists pushing for jail reforms have welcomed the governments movetasleem raza a psychologist by profession who also manages the bareilly chapter of yuva parivartan said it is indeed a good move by the government prisoners live a life of isolation tv will provide them an opportunity to connect with the world outside the jail they will be able to know what developments are taking place in the societynotably bareilly district and central jail will get 20 tv sets each which will be installed in jail barracks central jails jailer ashok sagar said we have 2169 inmates against the capacity of 2200 prisoners since we dont have enough work for all inmates we try to keep them busy by involving them in sports activities including indoor and outdoor games like carom volleyball and cricket tv will definitely help them in learning about the things happening outside the four walls of the prisonthe jailor said that they already have ceiling fans in all barracks fans are being provided to jails where new barracks have been constructed we have also sent a letter about defunct fans that need to be replacedthe jail authorities said that they would prepare a schedule of programmes to be watched by prisoners during the day time all tv sets will be attached to settop box installed in the prison control room and channels will be changed only by jail official in the morning channels showing devotional programmes will be played similarly sports channels news channels educational programmes and movies will also be shown as per the schedule sagar saidtill now the only source of information for inmates from outside the jail was telephone prisoners are allowed to talk to their family members once in a week a telephone booth is installed inside the jail from where prisoners can talk to their kin for five minutes by paying rs 5now we will be able to accept tv sets also from ngos for inmates the jailor said