The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has reserved orders on a petition seeking guidelines to deal with children of parents who are prisoners and children who are victim of violence. A division bench of justice S Vimala and justice T Krishnavalli had earlier directed an amicus curae to file a report on the issue and directed the report be sent to the additional director general of police, prisons and central prisons across the state for consideration.
Madurai: Denying allegations that non-official visitors (people appointed to listen to prisoners' grievances) were not appointed in central and women prisons in Tamil Nadu, state's additional director general of police (ADGP) (prisons) C Sylendran Babu said that except some, they have been appointed in other prisons in the state.