Condition of Women in Prison: The Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Abstract

This research paper is made with the aim to understand the condition of female prisoners in India. In our country women are represented as goddess and also in ancient times women were treated differently than they have been treated today. we can see many examples in our Vedic history where women were highly respected and viewed as someone who is from higher status. But now there are many crimes happening against women. In many cases, women were also committing crimes. We can see lots of examples in today’s world where women are misusing laws and trying to escape from the eye of law. Both women and men are treated equally before law, this applies for all the prisoners also irrespective of their gender. There are certain laws which governs the women prisoners in India, at the same time, we should also not forget that many women are put into a situation to commit crime and also the inmates exploited many women prisoners. This paper identifies the problems faced by the women prisoners and the law which governs the female prisoners in India. This paper also tries to compare the position of India with other countries to suggest that India could also adopt other countries policies into our law to safeguard and to ensure women prisoners rights. the rehabilitation and reintegration of women prisoners were also discussed in this paper.