Madras High Court’s Justice S.M. Subramaniam, the portfolio judge for Tiruvallur district which houses the State’s biggest central prison at Puzhal, has requested the State government to consider the possibility of allowing prisoners to have conjugal relationship with their spouses within the precincts of prisons.
The request has been made along with several other suggestions and recommendations made by the judge, with respect to prison reforms across the State, after a surprise inspection at the Puzhal Central Prison along with the Tiruvallur Principal District Judge as well as the Chief Judicial Magistrate on July 8 this year.
After the inspection, the judge presided over a review meeting attended by Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority (TNSLSA) Member Secretary A. Nazir Ahmed, Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Amaraesh Pujari and a host of other authorities at the High Court buildings on July 25.
