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Prison Reforms

Start Date :

Jan 01, 2015

Last Date :

Jul 17, 2015

04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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Prisons today are beset with issue like: ...

Prisons today are beset with issue like:

1. Overcrowding
2. Challenge of providing adequate mental health care to inmates
3. Continuity of care for children of women inmates after 6 years of age
4. Market relevant schemes for rehabilitation of inmates
5. Marketing of jail-products, welfare schemes for the prison staff
6. The question of party with other uniformed services
7. Modernizing the design, architecture of new model prisons
8. Training and welfare schemes for women inmates
9. Social issues regarding their acceptance after release
10. Adoption of model prison manual by all States/UTs for uniformity in prison administration.

We would like to invite your feedback/suggestions and comments on the above issues.

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Rajender Parshad Arora 10 years 10 months ago

The primary reason for inhuman conditions in our jails is that 2/3 of prisoners are presumably innocent men incarcerated because of the whims of judges. We ignore the sage advice of the likes of Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, "Personal liberty, deprived when bail is refused, is too precious a value of our constitutional system, that the crucial power to negate it is a great trust exercisable not casually but judicially with lively concern for the cost to the individual and the community".

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Mayank_13 10 years 10 months ago

If the person is bearing a lifetime imprisonment then the earning should be provided to the family of that person. Remember that most of the prisoners are in the jail because they have commited the crime with a root cause of unemployment. None of the prisoner should be given VIP treatment. The jail authorities should not take the prisoners overcrowding as a challange.It should be taken as a opportunity of getting such a large work force. Mentality of prisoners would upgrade by this.

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Mayank_13 10 years 10 months ago

First of all if a prisoner has commited a serious crime do not let him to come in the society earlier as he would again do a crime more spine chilling than the previous to supress his or her crimes. The jail should not take them as a burden . Moreover they should be given jobs inside a protected area with the colloboration of Indian MNCs. The money earned by them should be given to them when they have completed their punishment so that they can be self employed and can live a good life.

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Pawan Kumar Kuwar 10 years 10 months ago

3)After release of prisoners it is always observed that they are not easily accepted by the society due to the social stigma. Hence for them to get jobs after release, incentives can be provided to the firms which employ them. Also suppose a govt. servant is jailed he should be promptly given his old job back. If govt. companies start this practice others will follow suit.

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Pawan Kumar Kuwar 10 years 10 months ago

Indian prisons have been notorious precisely for some of the reasons stated above. To make a difference we can consider the following: 1) Prisoners should be counselled regularly. Employing full time psychiatrists for prisons will hence be helpful in the ratio of 1 each for 500 prisoners. 2) Sports facilities should be made available inside the jail premises. An hour a day of sports activities will help the inmates to be in sound state of health.

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Keshav Maheshwari 10 years 10 months ago

At many prisons,the prisoners are allowed to break stones or to do other activities. But according to me an effective idea is to generate electricity with the efforts of prisoners. Given below is an idea where prisoners can do the work which the horses are doing in the picture. The machine is used for fetching water. But by fitting a dynamo we can use it for energy production.In this way electricity can be produced and it will also make them physically fit. Even it can help them to feel guilty.

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SHIVRAM G KRISHNAN 10 years 10 months ago

take away food prepared by prisoners was a successful program conducted by VIYYUR CENTRAL PRISON, THRISSUR,KERALA. This can be adopted in other prisons as well.

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Subha Satapathy 10 years 10 months ago

Given that prisoners are completely cut off from the society and its advancement during their punishment period. They should be taught operating computers. This can be a huge help to the Govt. as they will be able to data entry and the money spent on the living of these prisoners will be worth its value.

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Nagendrasena Manyam 10 years 10 months ago

Details attached

Prison_reforms.pdf

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ATUL JAIN 10 years 10 months ago

They should be exposed to practices like : 1. Yoga 2. Art of living sessions 3. Craft,Technical skills 4. Education 5. Religious sessions - depending on their faith. So, when they leave the Jail, they had something to look forward to.

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