Palluruthy Relief Settlement

Palluruthy Relief Settlement (www.prs-cochin.org)is a rehabilitation shelter under the Cochin Vagrancy Act. for vagrant and destitute, managed by Corporation of Cochin (Kerala state, India) in association with Peoples Council for Social Justice (PCSJ), (Valanjambalam, South Cochin). Now there are about 300 inmates and many of them are mentally ill. They belong to various parts of the India and brought to PRS by local police and social workers.

It is located at Pallurthy Veli in Eranakulam District of Kerala State. The staff consists of one superintend, medical officer (doctor), social worker and a team of nurses and attainders. The inmates enjoy freedom to a great extent inside the Settlement and also participate in the daily works. There is a vocational training unit with an instructor and the profit of the products made by this unit are usually given to the inmates.

PRS was started by the Maharaja of Cochin in the year 1941 as a camp or shelter for beggars. In the last decade there is a remarkable improvement in the overall functioning of PRS and the local and even international community is closely associating with various programmes. PRS is successful in psychiatric rehabilitation of many inmates and sending back to their homes.

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