Welcome to Tihar Food Court – a restaurant run by jail inmates

An inmate carries a tray after serving food inside a restaurant run by Tihar inmates inside the jail premises.
As India's capital baked in a heat wave, banker Gaurav Gupta sat down for lunch at a new air-conditioned restaurant, to be greeted by a smiling waiter who took his order for a traditional 'thali' meal of flatbread, lentils, vegetables and rice.(Source: Reuters)

Inmates prepare to serve food inside the kitchen of a restaurant run by the Tihar inmates.
There is nothing unusual about the restaurant, except for the employees, which includes a convicted murderer serving time in South Asia's largest prison complex. (Source: Reuters)

Kishan Singh Bisht, a jail warden in Tihar, maintains a register inside the restaurant.
'Tihar Food Court' in west Delhi, a rehabilitation effort kicked off by the Tihar prison, was opened in the first week of July on an "experimental basis", while awaiting formal clearances. It is sited half a km (0.6 mile) away from prisoners' dormitories. (Source: Reuters)

Customers eat inside the 'Tihar Food Court'.
With a spacious interior lined with wooden tables and walls adorned with paintings made by prisoners, the 50-seat restaurant has been praised for the polite behaviour of its employees, who were trained by a prestigious nearby hotel management school. (Source: Reuters)

An inmate prepares food inside the kitchen.
“The food is average,” said Gupta. "But the hygiene factor is really good, very clean. And it's a good thing they are employing prisoners."(Source: Reuters)