RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND PRISON REFORMS

Abstract

The Indian prison system is based on the Prisons Act, 1894 and also governed by the state-specific regulations and manuals that govern the management and maintenance management of prisons (Borah, 2021). But the system is burdened with the lack of infrastructure, inefficiency of process and extreme paucity of resources. Overcrowding continues to be a major problem, with the majority of prisons being heavily overcrowded and resulting in health risks and disease, violence, and increasing stress for both prisoners and staff (Krishnan and Kumar, 2011). These challenges require a multifaceted approach, such as greater physical resources, more officers, and the use of up-to-date corrections methods. Prison system in India A scrutiny of the Indian prison system would show that those in prisons are not even provided the selected elementary entitlements in accordance with human rights standards and generally recognized international norms (Bergh, 2009).It is also crippled by backlogs in trials, resulting in a large number of prisoners awaiting trial, many of whom are remain imprisoned in excess of the maximum sentence for the crimes they have yet to be convicted of committing. The primary focus of any reform should be the protection of prisoners' rights and human dignity, and that they be given the chance to be rehabilitated.