The need for prison reform has come into focus during the last few years. The Supreme Court and the High Courts have commented upon the deplorable conditions prevailing inside the prisons, resulting in violation of prisoner’s right. Prisoner’s right have become an important items in the agenda for prisons reforms.
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Our Prison system has been under the close scrutiny of judiciary since long, prison being an institution primarily for Persons remanded to judicial custody or sentenced to undergo jail sentence by the courts only. The Indian supreme court has been active in responding to human right violations in Indian jails and has ,in the process, recognized a number of rights of prisoners by interpreting Articles 21,19, 22,32,37 and 39A of the Constitution in a positive and humane way.
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