Archive · 20 Nov 2025
Tihar Jail Launches Cow Therapy, Digital Initiatives for Inmates
Tihar Jail in Delhi started a cow shelter to help prisoners feel less lonely and opened some digital projects to sell things they make online and keep track of things in the jail.
Prisoners can help take care of the cows and use the digital projects if they behave well.
Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and Home Minister Ashish Sood inaugurated a cow shelter and digital projects at Tihar Jail
Cow shelter aims to boost inmates' mental health and provide income opportunities through selling products online
Digital initiatives include online sales platform for bakery products, inventory management system, and NGO registration website
Inmates will participate in cow therapy and digital projects based on good conduct
Initiatives aim to foster rehabilitation, skill-building, and humane prison management
- Who
- Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, Home Minister Ashish Sood, Tihar jail authorities, and inmates
- What
- Inaugurated a cow shelter and digital initiatives at Tihar Jail
- When
- November 19, 2023
- Where
- Tihar Jail, Delhi
- Why
- To improve inmates' mental health, provide income opportunities, and enhance prison management
Traditionalists
Modernists
Gaushala
Traditionalists
Provides emotional well-being and cultural connection for inmates
Modernists
May not be the most efficient use of jail resources
- Inaugurated facilities
- Gaushala, Digital Integration of Baking School, Inventory Management System, NGO Registration Website
- Expected impact
- Boost mental health, increase market reach for bakery products, streamline tracking and procurement, foster NGO collaboration
- Inmates benefiting
- 10 cows currently sheltered, inmates involved in production and supporting families
Sources
Delhi LG inaugurates gaushala, digital reforms at Tihar to boost transparency, inmate welfare
Now at Tihar Jail, cow therapy for ‘lonely’ inmates
Tihar Jail Offers Cow Therapy, Income Opportunities To 'Lonely' Inmates'
