Prison Administration in context with Prisoner’s rights in India

Abstract

Prisons are those dark wells, which are kept separate from the society. Suffering and torture of prisoners are remained in existence from the ancient time. Numerous agonies are faced by prisoners' in name of punishment during their detention as maltreatment, third degree torture, overcrowding or congestion, sanitation etc. The stories of prisons don’t come out of their walls generally. Administering of the prison must be in accordance with the law so that the prisoners can live behind walls of prisons with human dignity. Administration of prison and prison rights jurisprudence is linked to each other. The prisoners’ rights jurisprudence is evolved and developed because of inhuman attitude with prisoners in jails and growth of human right jurisprudence. Different human rights of the detained persons are protected and enforced through various laws at different times. However, even after the enactment of plethora of legislations not only the instances of violations are still continue but also many sufferings remain untold. The area of human rights is a dynamic in itself, it has been changed with the growth of civilizations. This paper deals with administration of prisons, types of prisons, officers of prisons and their duties. The paper examines the duties of jail officials. The paper has come to an end with the help of doctrinal method of research.