The Parappana Agrahara prison in Bangalore has an unusual problem. The prisoners like the food so much that they don't want to leave! The prison is crowded with 4,700 prisoners, which is double the proper amount.
Young offenders are also saying they are older so they can go into the adult prison.
The reason is the healthy food served by ISKCON, or the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a Hindu organization.
PHOTO: AFP
ISKCON, commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement, started serving its pure-vegetarian food in the jail on May 21 under contract from the prisons department.
Lunch and dinner typically include piping hot rice, two vegetables and a spicy lentil dish called sambar, and buttermilk. A dessert is added on festival days and national holidays like Independence Day, and also once a week.
"When we are getting tasty, nutritious food three times a day here, why should we go out and commit crimes?" asked prisoner Raja Reddy, who has been arrested 20 times in 30 years for theft, robbery and burglary.
印度班加羅爾的帕拉帕納．阿格拉罕拉監獄面臨了不尋常的困擾。受刑人相當喜歡牢裡的餐點，一點也不想出獄！這所監獄目前擠滿了四千七百位受刑人，較合容量多了一倍！
少年受刑人謊報年齡，以便進入成人監獄。
這一切都是因為印度「國際奎師那意識協會」所供應的健康飲食。
國際奎師那意識協會一向以「哈瑞奎師那」運動聞名，與監獄單位擬定合約後，五月二十一日開始供應全素食餐點。
典型的午晚餐包括熱騰騰的米飯、兩種蔬菜，及一種稱為「sambar」的辣扁豆菜餚與白脫牛奶。每週供應一次甜點，節慶與獨立紀念日等國定假日還有額外的甜點可吃。
三十年來因竊盜、搶劫與闖空門進出監獄二十次的受刑人拉亞．瑞迪問︰「我們每天在這裡享用三次美味營養的食物，何苦還出獄犯罪呢？」（翻譯︰賴美君）
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