Music therapy Concert - Music is being promoted in the correctional homes of the State. Various music programmes are being organised from time to time. A music school was inaugurated by renowned classical maestro Pt. Jasraj at Presidency Correctional Home on January 26, 2007. The same day, following the inauguration of the music school, a Music Therapy Concert was organized for the inmates of Presidency Correctional Home by the great maestro of Hindustani classical music, Pandit Jasraj who graciously accepted our invitation to honour us with a performance. This is the first time that he has ever performed inside any Jail. The Hon’ble Governor of West Bengal Sri Gopal Krishna Gandhi graced the occasion by being there among the mesmerized audience.

Taser Desh : Theatre workshop at Berhampore Central Correctional Home

After seven weeks of ‘Theatre Workshop’ and rehearsals under the direction of Sri Pradip Bhattacharjee, of Berhampore Repertory Theatre a group of 24 convicts – 18 male and 6 female, staged Rabindranath Tagore’s "Taser Desh" in an open stage performance at Berhampore Central Correctional Home on 26th November, 2006. The event has opened a new vistas and marked the "take off"of the culture therapy programme undertaken by West Bengal Correctional Services sending the message loud and clear: "The correctional homes are pools of human resources with abundance of human potentialities and talents only requiring to be unlocked and encouraged." The project envisages manifestation of human resources detained in Correctional Homes, paving the way for their return to the mainstream. That is exactly what correctional services are all about. This play was staged at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata in presence of Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal and other renowned personalities from different fields as part of

Shivmangal : Theatre workshop at Alipore Central Correctional Home

If the inmates of Berhampore Central Correctional Home can stage a play like Taser Desh, can the inmates of Alipore Central Correctional Home remain far behind? On the demand of inmates we arranged another production oriented theatre workshop ‘Shivmangal’ at Alipore Central Correctional Home when eminent theatre personality Smt Jolly Guha Roy of Maru Behag approached us and expressed her desire to conduct a theatre workshop for inmates. The workshop culminated in its performance in presence of Sri Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, Mayor of Kolkata at Alipore Central Correctional Home on 03.05.08. The theatre workshop was supported by Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar. We are planning to organise its public performances.