PRISON REFORMATION – A DIFFERENT APPROACHES LEAD TO DIFFERENT OUTCOMES

Darshika Rughanie & Priyanshi dewan

Students, Manipal university Jaipur

Best Citation – Darshika Rughanie & Priyanshi dewan, PRISON REFORMATION – A DIFFERENT APPROACHES LEAD TO DIFFERENT OUTCOMES, 1 ILECR 1, 2022.

ABSTRACT

This study focuses on India’s urgent need for prison reforms, adding fuel to the already smouldering problem of jail reforms. Overcrowding in prisons as a result of pending lawsuits is a major impediment. The paper demonstrates how the Indian judiciary played a vital role in prison reform through leading judgments. This is a solution-oriented study that presents reader with a selection of prison models from a few Indian states that can be adopted in other states, as well as jail models/practices from across the world. The study proposes an open jail system as a solution to congestion and describes how innovation and technology may be used to improve prisons, similar to the Goa prison model system. Research paper further recommends home arrest be used more frequently, as in the United States, as well as the Norway and Finland models which place a greater emphasis on prison reformative system. This study also emphasizes more on reform and rehabilitation by proposing a model jail manual and more visitation rights. To create the research work, the researcher mostly used secondary sources such as websites and books.

KEYWORDS: Prison, Overcrowding, Administration, Open Prisons, Rehabilitation, Reformation