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Sathish Kumar directed the Additional Director General of Police (Prisons) to revisit rule 796 (eligibility) and rule 797 (non-eligibility) of the State Prison Rules. It said the main aim of establishing open prisons was to facilitate training for inmates in the field of agriculture/ horticulture. Advocate R.
Alagumani, representing the petitioner, pointed out that States like Maharashtra, Delhi and Kerala had open prisons for women. Therefore, for rehabilitation, women prisoners were trained in tailoring, embroidery, tape making, twisted thread, bandage making and sanitary napkin making, it added. more-inIn a significant order, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has asked the State to revisit the eligibility and non-eligibility rules for open prisons under the Tamil Nadu Prison Rules, 1983, in order to include women and the third gender as eligible for open prisons..