Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Jabalpur Jail Allows Raksha Bandhan Meetings With Families
Jabalpur Central Jail will let prisoners meet some family members on Raksha Bandhan.
Raksha Bandhan is a festival when sisters tie special threads called rakhis on their brothers.
Meetings will happen on August 28.
Visitors must register at the jail in the morning and show identification.
Each meeting will last 15 minutes.
Male and female prisoners will meet relatives in separate places.
Only certain foods and small items may be brought inside.
Phones, cash, tobacco and other banned items are not allowed.
Families will be allowed to meet inmates at Jabalpur’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Central Jail on August 28.
Visitors must register between 6 am and 11 am, carry valid identification, and limit meetings to 15 minutes.
Male inmates will meet female relatives in the open jail grounds, while female inmates will meet brothers at the jail office.
Families visiting inmates detained under the National Security Act require prior permission from the district collector.
Visitors may bring limited sweets, fruit, rakhis and other approved items, but prohibited articles such as phones, cash and tobacco are banned.
- Who
- Inmates and eligible family members, including sisters, brothers, women visitors and children below five years accompanying them.
- What
- The jail will provide special in-person family meetings for inmates on Raksha Bandhan.
- When
- August 28; registration is scheduled from 6 am to 11 am, with each meeting lasting 15 minutes.
- Where
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Central Jail in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To allow families to observe Raksha Bandhan with inmates under special jail arrangements.
- Registration hours
- 6 am to 11 am
- Meeting duration
- 15 minutes per meeting
- Identification required
- A valid identity document, such as an Aadhaar card or voter ID
- Male inmate meetings
- In the open jail grounds; only female visitors and children below five years may enter
- Female inmate meetings
- On the jail office premises with their brothers
- National Security Act inmates
- Prior permission from the district collector is required
- Approved items
- Up to 500 grams of sweets, half a kilogram each of apples and bananas, a handkerchief, rakhi threads, jail-canteen samosas and kumkum