From the archive record
These children are the wards of young mothers who are interned in Tihar Jail. Some of them were born within the prison. Others came in young... Hopefully, all of them will have reasonable opportunities in their growing years, and become good Indian citizens, with a reasonable modicum of hope, opportunity, education, idealism and sensitivity, and grow into fine young people! The largest compound of prisons in South Asia, Tihar Jail is also known as Tihar and has a brand of their own by the name of TJ's! It is located around 7 km away from Chanakya Puri, west of New Delhi, India at Tihar village. The nearby area is called Hari Nagar. It is not just a prison but also a Correctional Institution. Its main objective is to provide useful skills, and educate the inhabitants so as to make them nor