HUMANE APPROACH IN THE SYSTEM OF VISITORS OF INDIAN PRISONS: AN ANALYSIS OF ‘PRESCRIBED PRISONS’
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The time has gone when prisons were dungeons where prisoners were lodged to pass their days in dark and dingy cells. The new penological approach towards prison inmates has changed from retribution to deterrence and from deterrence to reformation, correction and rehabilitation. In spite of the fact that prison system has undergone a massive change both in its objectives and physical structure, the basic character of prisons as closed institutions with little public scrutiny continues to this day. The present provisions for official and non-official visitors in Prison Manuals of various states are the results of sub-section 25 of section 59 of the Prison Act of 1894, as well as the need for contact with the outside world through visit from or communicating with his/her family members, relatives, friends and legal advisor as well as conjugal visit. The present paper assesses the significance of visiting system with a humane approach and analyses the need for streamlining the functioning of the system in prescribed prisons.
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