Judges visit Puzhal prison to counsel 150 prisoners
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:16.04.2019
In a first, about 40 judges and magistrates from Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts provided counselling for first-time offenders who are detained inside the Puzhal prison on Saturday.
The judiciary officers, led by Justice P N Prakash of the Madras high court, visited the prison. About 150 first-time offenders, escorted by the prison officials and police personnel, queued up inside an auditorium at the prison complex.
A senior prison officer said that an initiative to take a new leaf by giving them the right path in their career had been launched.
“This is the first time in the prison’s history that judges and magistrates are conducting counselling classes for the criminals inside the prison,” he said.
Addressing the prisoners, Justice Prakash advised the judiciary officers to consider releasing first-time offenders and criminals while being produced before the court for extending the remand period, with an objective of rehabilitating them.
The total session was for about three hours, during which the judges and magistrates spent about five to 10 minutes counselling each prisoner. The prisoner was escorted by a policeman and a prison staff while they were giving counselling to them at separate desks temporarily modifying the auditorium into a counselling centre.
Though the first-time offenders detained in prison will not be released immediately from the jail, they were given hopes to get themselves released at the earliest, so that they can lead a normal life like others.
The first-time criminals were asked to present themselves before the magistrate concerned, while being produced in the court for considering extension of the remand period. This was to ensure that the judges could consider granting them bail on giving an undertaking before the judiciary officer.
About 150 first-time offenders were present for the counselling session at Puzha prison
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:16.04.2019
In a first, about 40 judges and magistrates from Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts provided counselling for first-time offenders who are detained inside the Puzhal prison on Saturday.
The judiciary officers, led by Justice P N Prakash of the Madras high court, visited the prison. About 150 first-time offenders, escorted by the prison officials and police personnel, queued up inside an auditorium at the prison complex.
A senior prison officer said that an initiative to take a new leaf by giving them the right path in their career had been launched.
“This is the first time in the prison’s history that judges and magistrates are conducting counselling classes for the criminals inside the prison,” he said.
Addressing the prisoners, Justice Prakash advised the judiciary officers to consider releasing first-time offenders and criminals while being produced before the court for extending the remand period, with an objective of rehabilitating them.
The total session was for about three hours, during which the judges and magistrates spent about five to 10 minutes counselling each prisoner. The prisoner was escorted by a policeman and a prison staff while they were giving counselling to them at separate desks temporarily modifying the auditorium into a counselling centre.
Though the first-time offenders detained in prison will not be released immediately from the jail, they were given hopes to get themselves released at the earliest, so that they can lead a normal life like others.
The first-time criminals were asked to present themselves before the magistrate concerned, while being produced in the court for considering extension of the remand period. This was to ensure that the judges could consider granting them bail on giving an undertaking before the judiciary officer.
About 150 first-time offenders were present for the counselling session at Puzha prison
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