âBuzz of a Mosquito⦠But With the Sound of Griefâ: The Lives of Indiaâs Women Prisoners
When Indian women go to prison, they mostly go to a prison inside a prison.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty
Women08/Mar/2021
This article, part of the series âBarredâThe Prisons Projectâ, is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
New Delhi/Nagpur: To fit 45 women in a room so small that it needs only one bulb and a fan, says Aparajita Bose, the authorities at Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata came up with a plan: measure the womenâs bodies and assign a sleeping area just that size.