Heritage Jail Museum
Heritage Jail Museum also known as Jail Museum and Sangareddy District Jail[1] is a 220-year-old colonial-era jail, now converted into a museum. It is located in Sangareddy, Sangareddy district of Indian state Telangana. The jail allows tourists to live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs.500 ($A9.90).[2][3][4] The museum displays the paintings and other artifacts related to crime and prison life in India.[5]
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| Established | 1796 |
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| Location | Sangareddy, Sangareddy district |
| Coordinates | 17.630175°N 78.086844°E |
History
According to the PWD Records, this imprison was built during the Prime Ministership of Salar Jung I in 1796 A.D., during Nizam rule in the princely state of Hyderabad.[6][7] It was closed in 2012.
Museum
In June 2016, the jail was converted into a museum by prison department, when M. Lakshmi Narasimha, the Deputy SP of the jail came up with the Feel The Jail idea.[8]
See also
References
- "Sangareddy District Jail, India: The prison tourists pay to enter and spend the night". Traveller.com.au. 12 September 2016.
- "Feel the jail programme sees good response". Telangana Today. 23 July 2017.
- "Pay Rs 500 and spend a day at Sangareddy jail in Telangana". Hindustan Times. 31 August 2016.
- "Feel like a 'prisoner' for a day at this Telangana jail museum". Indian Express. 1 September 2016.
- Apparasu, Srinivasa Rao (6 September 2016). "Prison tourism: How it feels to spend a day in this 220-year-old Telangana jail". Hindustan Times.
- "Heritage Jail Museum, Sangareddy". telanganatourism.gov.in. Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation.
- "First jail museum inaugurated in Medak". The Hindu. 6 June 2016.
- Duttagupta, Samonway (2 September 2016). "A jail in Telangana is letting tourists live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs 500". India Today.