ĭelhi has the highest number of 16 Central Jails followed by Madhya Pradesh having 11, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu with 9 each. These jails also have rehabilitation facilities. However, the common feature observed throughout India is that prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for a long period (more than two years) are confined in the Central Jails, which have larger capacity in comparison to other jails. The criteria for a jail to be categorised as a Central Jail varies from state to state. The following table shows the number of jails and available capacity across India as on 31 December 2016. The other types of jail establishments are Women Jails, Borstal Schools, Open Jails and Special Jails. In general, the infrastructure, security, and prisoner facilities such as medical, educational and rehabilitation are progressively better from Sub jail to Central Jail. The jails in these levels are called Sub Jails, District Jails, and Central Jails respectively. Prison establishments in India exist at three levels-the taluka level, district level, and central (sometimes called zonal/range) level. Third, there is no justification for aggravating the suffering already inherent in the process of incarceration.ĭistrict prison in Mandya district, Karnataka. Second, a person in prison is entitled to all human rights within the limitations of imprisonment. First, a person in prison does not become a non-person. The Supreme Court of India, in its judgements on various aspects of prison administration, has laid down 3 broad principles regarding imprisonment and custody. The Central Government provides assistance to the states to improve security in prisons, for the repair and renovation of old prisons, medical facilities, development of borstal schools, facilities to women offenders, vocational training, modernization of prison industries, training to prison personnel, and for the creation of high security enclosures. Thus, the states have the primary role, responsibility and authority to change the current prison laws, rules and regulations.
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The management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the State governments, and is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 and the Prison manuals of the respective state governments. Prisons, and their administration, is a state subject covered by item 4 under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.