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Travel diaries: Live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs 500 in this jail

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Travel diaries: Live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs 500 in this jail
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Sangareddy District Central Jail is your next stop travel destination While most people plan to stay in five stars, home stays or cottages, we bring to you another way of travelling! You won’t be allowed to wake up to breakfast in bed that is followed by soaking in the sun by the pool side. You will be treated like a prisoner, living in a cell and doing work in the day. Perks? You aren’t really convicted yet get to experience what it’s like to be behind the bars!   All you have to do is pay Rs 500, and you can spend 24 hours in the jail. A jail in Telangana is letting tourists live a prisoner's life for 24 hours at a price of Rs 500. It is located in Medak district, at a distance of 70 km from Hyderabad. Sangareddy District Central Jail is your next stop travel destination You can also go back and flaunt the jail as a heritage site you stayed in! The 220-year-old Sangareddy District Central Jail was built by the Nizams in 1796. When M Lakshmi Narasimha, the Deputy SP of the jail came up with the ‘Feel The Jail’ idea, the jail was converted into a museum in June 2016. The concept of turning it into a sort of jail experience hotel was simply an expansion of this idea. In case you want to experience this, the jail will make sure you stay exactly the same way prisoners do. On arrival, you will be given a khadi uniform to start with. Then, you will be provided with an aluminum plate, a prison-made washing soap, and a bare mattress. You will be made to follow the daily routine of a jail inmate. As a guest prisoner, you will be woken up at 5am in the morning by two guards, as per the rules and regulations of the jail. Sangareddy District Central Jail is your next stop travel destination Thereafter, you will be made to clean your own cell, and then you will be taken to the courtyard. While tea will be given at 6:30am, a breakfast of idli will be given at 7:30am. Lunch, consisting of dal, rice, and sambhar will be served between 10:30 and 11, while a dinner of curry, rice, and curd will be given at 5pm. A guard is posted at the special barracks next door when the guest stays overnight. The cell is fitted with lights, three ceiling fans, a mosquito net. There is a strong iron door, grills on the windows and skylight. If the visitor wants to call it quits without completing the 24 hours in prison, there is a fine of ₹1,000. Meals apart, the jail duties for the guest prisoner will include planting of saplings, and some cleaning, all during the day time. The day will end at 6pm in the evening, when you will be locked up in your cell again. -PTC News-
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