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According to the Juvenile Justice Act for Kerala (a state in India), every police station in the state must have a special juvenile police unit or a child welfare officer (CWO). The unit is tasked with acting as a watchdog and is supposed to be the first line of intervention in cases involving juveniles. The units are responsible for identifying juveniles in conflict with the law and for reporting cases of violence against children, child neglect, child abuse and exploitation.
According to one inspector general who conducts random inspections, in most cases, personnel at the…