As you enjoy the free air of a late-winter afternoon, former AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala is on her way to a prison cell in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, the largest one in Karnataka.

For what its worth, Sasikala is making a road trip out of her journey from Chennai's Poes Garden to Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, which would take some six to seven hours.

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This is the same 40-acre jail were Sasikala, late chief minister Jayalalithaa, nephew VN Sudhakaran and sister-in-law Ilavarasi - the convicts of the DA case- were imprisoned for 21 days in 2014. So, technically, she is no stranger to it.

Nonetheless, Sasikala made quite a dramatic exit from Chennai at Jayalalithaa's memorial in Marina Beach.

WHAT WILL SASIKALA'S STAY BE LIKE IN THIS JAIL?

Sasikala has come up with a list of terms and conditions for her 'stay' in the prison. She has made it clear that she would need a separate cell, 24x7 supply of mineral water, and only home-cooked food.

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When Jayalalithaa, a VVIP, was in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, she got special treatments: a private cell, a fan and newspapers in English and Tamil. Sources say she even had a sink and western-style toilet, and curtain-lined door and windows.

While sources say it is highly unlikely for Sasikala to get the same special treatment as Amma, we'll only know once she is on the other side.

Meanwhile, here's what Sasikala may have to deal with as an inmate at Parappana Agrahara Central Jail:

According a Quora report, cells in the Bengaluru central jail are "basically dormitories with no privacy whatsoever". Bathrooms are "manageable" only when one gets up early enough to use them before everyone else. All-white, khadi prison uniforms are mandatory for one and all. Food is "edible". But the "edible" food is only available at rigid timings. There is supposedly a bakery, a tuck shop, a Hopcoms, that sell fruit, etc. in exchange of coupons. There is a temple, a mosque and a church in the premises (but no Marina Beach).

Other reports on Parappana Agrahara Central Jail say: "Though well-ventilated and with sufficient numbers of fans and lights, the barracks with damp floors, dirty bathrooms, peeling roofs, dark corners (a sign of unauthorised and illegal cooking) with garbage and stained walls that haven't been whitewashed for the past three years, can terrorise a casual visitor or a new entrant with the images of a walled slum."

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The barracks with toilets that have running water for only an hour a day are, however, for the less-privileged inmates. There are 'special' quarters which have "clean toilets and tanks full of water".

A jail-bound Sasikala has promised that she will be working for AIADMK from her prison cell. That shouldn't be an impossible task, as the only other option for convicts here is to work in the kitchen, bakery, wood work, etc., and get paid in coupons.

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With her dreams to take over the chief minister's office punctured, this is the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail that Sasikala will be moving into, the same jail that held her in 2014.