Prism Trust

Higher Learning
(Saidapet Sub Jail, Feb 2024)

Sakthivel, a 19-year-old from Chennai, was remanded in sub-jail for a phone theft case. His education was incomplete with him not finishing his 10th grade in higher secondary school. Sakthivel’s father had passed away ten years previously, and his mother is a housewife. Due to family predicaments, he was engaged in illegal activities like theft and robbery. 

During his remand, he actively participated in various activities such as cooking and assisting other jail-mates in housekeeping. He also attended the PATTAM class, focusing mainly on anger management, arts, and crafts. In individual counselling sessions, he shared ideas about maintaining ethics and etiquette and controlling his emotions in anger-management sessions. He spent 80 days in the sub-jail, so the PRISM coordinator liaised with the family and the judiciary for speedy bail. After his release, our coordinator maintained regular contact with Sakthivel as part of our procedural follow-up. He is currently working as a boat driver, earning 10,000 per month. His goal is to work harder and build his family to overcome the day-to-day crisis and loans. During the exit counselling session he promised that he would not indulge anymore in any illegal activities in the future.

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Devi Shanker
Advocate,
Devi Shanker did her B. Sc., B.L. and has over 25 years of experience. She conducts cases related to civil and criminal-related matters. She appears for appeals in the Madras High Court and is a panel lawyer in Insurance Companies
Devi Shanker
Advocate,
Devi Shanker did her B. Sc., B.L. and has over 25 years of experience. She conducts cases related to civil and criminal-related matters. She appears for appeals in the Madras High Court and is a panel lawyer in Insurance Companies
Chandran
Advocate Trustee
Chandran has over 30 years of experience. He did his B.A., B.L. and specializes in Criminal Law. He is a member of the Madras High Court, Session Courts, Magistrate Courts and the George Town Bar Council
Chandran
Advocate Trustee
Chandran has over 30 years of experience. He did his B.A., B.L. and specializes in Criminal Law. He is a member of the Madras High Court, Session Courts, Magistrate Courts and the George Town Bar Council
S P Chellamal
Advocate, Treasurer
Chellamal did her B.A., B.L. and has over 40 years of experience as an advocate and notary
S P Chellamal
Advocate, Treasurer
Chellamal did her B.A., B.L. and has over 40 years of experience as an advocate and notary
J D Ravi Kumar Paul
Senior Advocate & Managing Trustee
Ravi Kumar Paul did his B.A. at Madras Christian College and then his BGL at Madras Law College. Her served in the Civil Service for 5 years after which he joined the legal profession and is now a Senior Advocate. He is a partner of the law firm Paul & Paul
J D Ravi Kumar Paul
Senior Advocate & Managing Trustee
Ravi Kumar Paul did his B.A. at Madras Christian College and then his BGL at Madras Law College. Her served in the Civil Service for 5 years after which he joined the legal profession and is now a Senior Advocate. He is a partner of the law firm Paul & Paul