3 Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons · 3.2 Punishment and prisons

3.2.4 Prison programmes and reforms: committees, prisoners' rights and international standards

Indian prison policy moved from deterrence (Macaulay's committee, 1836) to reformation (Indian Jails Committee, 1919–20) and correctional service (Mulla Committee, 1980–83); the Supreme Court made prisoners' fundamental rights enforceable through Articles 32 and 226, and the UN's Nelson Mandela Rules and Bangkok Rules set the international floor for treatment of prisoners.

  • APPSC Paper I
  • Standard level
  • 15 min read
  • Full course

Key terms

  • correctional programmes
  • prison education
  • vocational training
  • prison industries
  • wages for prisoners
  • open prison
  • semi-open prison
  • Lucknow open camp 1949
  • Sampurnanand camp
  • Sanganer
  • remission
  • parole
  • furlough
  • premature release
  • after-care
  • Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society
  • Vipassana Tihar
  • Prison Discipline Committee 1836
  • Macaulay
  • Indian Jails Committee 1919-20
  • Cardew
  • Pakwasa Committee
  • Reckless report
  • All India Jail Manual Committee 1957-59
  • Model Prison Manual 1960
  • Mulla Committee 1980-83
  • Krishna Iyer Committee women prisoners 1986-87
  • Amitava Roy Committee
  • Charles Sobhraj
  • Sunil Batra
  • Prem Shankar Shukla
  • Hussainara Khatoon
  • Hoskot
  • Sheela Barse
  • Rama Murthy
  • State of Gujarat v High Court of Gujarat
  • Sukanya Shantha
  • Article 32
  • Article 226
  • habeas corpus
  • epistolary jurisdiction
  • Article 39A
  • Legal Services Authorities Act section 12
  • BNSS section 479
  • Nelson Mandela Rules
  • Standard Minimum Rules 1955
  • Bangkok Rules 2010
  • Tokyo Rules 1990
  • Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners 1990
  • ICCPR Article 10
  • UNCAT

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Common trapsFoundation
  5. Quick revisionFoundation

Read the full note in the app. It is part of the APPSC Paper I full course in Medha AI. Free in the app: the first chapter of each topic.

Read the full note in the app Forms of Crime, Crime in India, Punishment and Prisons questions with answers

All Punishment and prisons notes · APPSC Paper I syllabus · APPSC Paper I Mock 1 with answers · Start free

Medha AI writes its own notes and checks them against the sources listed. Medha AI is an independent preparation service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to APPSC, TSPSC, MPSC, UPSC or any other commission or government body.