Home minister Amit Shah recently announced that a model prisons Act would be introduced in the next six months. The contemporary prison administration in India is a legacy of the colonial rule. The Prisons Act of 1894 focused primarily on the enforcement of discipline with no regard to the reformati
Stan Swamy fought for those under trial who were languishing in Jharkhand’s jails. After his death, lawyers and activists are keeping the movement and his petition on the rights of undertrials alive, but challenges abound
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