Here is your Essay on Modern British Prison System! The English Criminal Justice Act, 1982 envisages a scheme of liberalised parole system to ease the pressure of prison population. The mounting pressure on prisons in England and Wales is evinced by the fact that there were more than 45,000 inmates in prisons in July, 1981 with the result freedom of [...]
Essay on Conditions of Indian Prisons and the Needed Reformations ! After the Indian Independence, the Constitution of India placed “Jail” along with ‘Police and law and order’ in the State list of the Seventh Schedule. As a result of this, the Union Government had literally no responsibility of modernising prisons and to look after their administration. Unfortunately, even the [...]
Here is your Essay on The Auburn Prison System ! A new prison modelled on Pennsylvanian pattern was built at Auburn in New York State in 1818-19. The distinguishing feature of this system was that prisoners were to work in shops under a strict rule of silence. In the initial stage, only hardened criminals were brought to this prison to [...]