The exhibition of paintings done by the inmates of the Karachi Central Prison at Alliance Francaise, Karachi, recently, was at par with any show by promising artists. Art classes, the IG’s pet project, started first in the men’s section in 2008 when he was superintendent of the jail. Now that he is the IG and holds the responsibility of all jails in Sindh, he is working on a plan to introduce the subject for all inmates in the province. The, soon to start, art classes in the New District Jail in Malir (commonly called the Landhi Jail) is a step in the same direction. Mangan is himself an ardent art collector and often purchases works of the inmates.