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Studio Nilima
Collaborative Network for Research & Capacity Building
We are an action research collective, based in Assam, India, working in the correctional homes (prisons) of Assam, India
About Us
Our work spans across two overarching areas
Pratidhwani is one of our core areas of work where we provide legal services to the marginalised residents, build awareness amongst the residents of their legal rights and obligations, and facilitate knowledge sharing platforms across various stakeholders to strengthen the eco system around correctional homes.
Sarothi is another sphere of our work where we work with the residents on their psycho social well-being by facilitating health camps, mental well-being programs, including reading circles, and work on re-entry programs to integrate residents into society.
Our Work
Interactive Map of the Correctional Homes in Assam
There are 31 correctional homes in Assam across the Brahmaputra and Barak Valley. Currently, we are working in 5 correctional homes of Assam including the District Jails of Morigaon, Mangaldai, Diphu, Barpeta and the Central Jail, Tezpur
Timeline of our activities
Shortlisted for Shamnad Basheer Cirizenship Prize, Agami Foundation in 2020
To sensitize legislators of the Assam Legislative Assembly on ending violence against children from 2020- 2023
First Prison Music Album from Assam as a collaboration between resident poets and musicians from the outside
Received accreditation from the Assam State Legal Services Authority to work in the districts of Morigaon, Darrang, Karbi Anglong, Barpeta, and Nagaon
Narratives from Assam’s Prisons
Indulge in the engaging arts of the Correctional Homes of Assam
Anubhab Speaks
Listen to Anubhab Atreya reflecting on the lack of medical health infrastructure in the District jails of Assam and its impacts
Aaxa: Songs of Hope
is one of the first prison music album that has been released from Assam which brought together musicians from the outside collaborating with few of the incarcerated poets