The question (15 marks)
Describe the programmes by which Indian prisons seek to reform inmates, including the role of psychiatrists and social workers, prisoners' self-government and the participation of inmates in community services. How far do they work? (15 marks)
MU Module IV, treatment or correction of offenders; chapter on prison programmes and the correctional regime.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Correction of Offenders, Probation, Parole and Victimology of Criminology and Penology.
Authorities you will need
- The six policy guidelines accepted after the 1957 All India Jail Manual exercise
- The Jail Reforms Committee headed by Justice A. N. Mulla
- State of Gujarat v High Court of Gujarat, on minimum wages for prison labour under Article 23
- Sutherland on prisonisation and the unofficial assignment of power to inmate leaders
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