The Centre announced the Model Prisons Act, 2023, aimed at reforming prison management and transforming inmates into law-abiding citizens who can be rehabilitated into society.
The prison population in India is one of the largest in the world, with over 4,50,000 inmates housed in around 1,350 prisons. |
What is in the Act?
Prisons in the country and ‘persons detained therein’ are a State subject. |
Measures taken by the Government
Right of Prisoners
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