Kanishk Parmar, Institute of Technology and Management, Atal Nagar Vanshika Moriani, Institute of Technology and Management, Atal Nagar
ABSTRACT
It is often overlooked that prisoners’ lives are fraught with challenges ranging from basic hygiene issues to physical and psychological distress. ‘Sanitation’ remains a major issue, with inadequate health care, sanitation and clean water disturbing the lives of prisoners. The Prisons Act of 1894 and constitutional provisions ensure the right to health care, but it is not implemented, leading to deterioration of health conditions due to overcrowding and poor sanitation. Pregnant women in prison face harsh conditions, lack of essential postpartum care, separation of newborns, struggles with nutritional needs and educational support. Legal resources interventions aim to improve their conditions, emphasizing their fundamental rights and the need for dignified pregnancy and birth. Abuse, including mental and physical abuse, takes place in Indian prisons, including verbal abuse, unreasonable solitary confinement, discrimination, and lack of access to mental health services despite the law systems, creating an inhuman environment. Efforts are needed to ensure that prisoners are treated with dignity, protected from abuse, and provided with mental health care, through research, staff training, and legislative reform.
Keywords: Rights of prisoners, The Prisons Act, 1894, harassment, poor hygiene.
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