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CHENNAI:
The Department of Prisons and Correctional Services, Tamil Nadu, has reported a 98.33% walk percent successful the Class XII committee examinations. All the 3 toppers are prisoners lodged successful the Central Prison, Palayamkottai.
Of the 240 prisoners who wrote the exam, including 7 women, 236 passed. Many prisoners secured much than 500 marks retired of 600.
The Tamil Nadu School Education Department had made indispensable arrangements for establishing introspection centres wrong the respective prisons, based connected the petition of situation officials.
P. Vinith stood archetypal with 549 marks. He is serving a 10-year rigorous imprisonment aft being convicted successful a lawsuit nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
T. Manikandan, undergoing beingness imprisonment successful a execution case, came 2nd with 531 marks.
B. Balu, detained nether the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, secured the 3rd spot with 527 marks.
A bulk of the prisoners who passed the introspection were those convicted successful sedate crimes similar murder, rape, NDPS Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases.
“Imparting prime acquisition is among our priorities arsenic portion of the reformation and rehabilitation measures. Many acquisition programmes person been launched successful prisons arsenic the situation colonisation consists of galore illiterate inmates. Various acquisition and vocational courses are being offered to the prisoners aimed astatine empowering them towards beingness sustaining employment connected their release. Elementary Schools are functioning with qualified teachers successful each Central Prisons/Special Prisons for Women and District Jail, Pudukkottai,” Additional Director-General of Police, Prisons, K. Shankar, said.
