TIHAR JAIL

Ritinjali has been working at the Tihar Jail for over 12 years. Among a select few NGOs permitted to work at Tihar Jail, Ritinjali's volunteers run a detailed rehabilitation and counselling programme and provide free legal aid to inmates. Ritinjali works with the inmates at Central Jail Nos. 5 and 6, and with Nari Niketan, an organisation that works for women who are the victims of crime and social abuse. Among the programmes at Tihar Jail, Ritinjali runs a library, provides counselling sessions for inmates, organises income generation and craftwork activities, facilitates product sales, organises cultural activities and physical fitness programmes and provides free legal assistance to juveniles and women inmates.