mysore a group of six inmatebakers attached to mysore central prison who was serving about 1000 plus inmates and staff with variety of baked products since few months will now try their luck in bakery business in open market a bake shop has been open at the jail premises on ashoka road to sell baked products like biscuits bread buns vegetableegg puffs and birthday cakes this is first ever bake shop in karnataka by jail inmates particularly convicts though bangalore jail has a bakery its products are restricted only to the inmates they wont sell products to public jail authorities have named the bakery items as parivarthana transformation products and the items are sold at competitive rates probably 710 pc less than others without compromising the quality and taste on dayone the bake shop did rs 3000 worth business within an hour after its inauguration chief superintendent of prisons p n jayasimha told toi if one kilo of biscuits and cookies are sold at rs 170 or rs 180 outside we will give at rs 150160 he said they will sell only fresh products and the shop will be kept open between 9 am and 5 pm daily or till the stocks are over the team of bakers is vigorously working hard to achieve a goal jayasimha said bakers nataraj harish virupaksha suresh santhosh and ravi say they start their day at 7 am everyday and winds up at 430 pm for the past few months they were preparing variety of products only to the inmates and jail staff but here onwards their products are sold to public and they are happy to work as bakers the team bakers who have undergone training from experts say they are now ready to take up any challenge and also aim to create their own products in future jail sp t p shesha claims buns prepared by them are heavy comparatively and they are going all out in their efforts on this score there are some 200 inmates who are working in different areas like carpentry 12 tailoring 7 weaving 31 carpet making 100 soap and phenyl making 5 agarbatti rolling 27 and coir making 16 at the prison through such efforts they are rehabilitating the convicts so that they may stand on their legs once they are released the sp explained jayasimha said mysores bakery unit was set up at a cost rs 2 lakh and they have plans to expand the facility depending on its success the department has plans to set up bakery units in other karnataka jails too bangalore jail was first to open bakery unit in early 2000 but its products are used only for its 4000 plus inmates