‘Fill posts of social workers, psychologists in prisons’

PIL plea says psychological well-being of prisoners is important

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State to file a report on a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the government to fill vacancies in the posts of social workers and psychologists in all central prisons and special prisons for women.

A Division Bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and P. Velmurugan sought the State’s response on a petition filed by advocate K.R. Raja of Madurai, who pointed out that only two social workers were working in Madurai and Coimbatore central prisons.