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VOL. 11, ISSUE 11 (2025)
A critical analysis of prison reforms: Role of forensics in protecting prisoners’ rights
Authors
Chitra Shukla
Abstract

The modern prison system is oriented towards reformation and rehabilitation. The prison system has significance in terms of transforming the life of Prisoners and rehabilitating them once again with society. Despite this objective, India's prison system faces numerous systematic challenges in the protection of prisoner's rights.

Forensics is a scientific branch which plays a crucial role in bringing reforms in the legal system. Prisoners’ rights can be protected by proper forensic investigations of different cases. In present times, there is an increase in time taken for completing legal procedure, which causes many prisoners to suffer from mental trauma. Forensics can play a significant role in preserving these reforms.

This research mainly aims to analyse the challenges faced by prisoners in the prisons and explore measures to ensure the protection of Prisoners rights. Various aspects of the prisoner rights have been studied through doctrinal methods by analysing different national and international laws, jail manuals, reports of prison reform committee, precedents, NCRB reports, Supreme Court reports and also many more. Personal visit and group discussion have been done with prisoners to understand the challenges faced by them in prisons. After analysing it has been found that overcrowding, lack of basic amenities and many other challenges are faced by them and through proper implementation of the recommendations of various committees, forensic investigations of different cases and bringing other necessary prison reforms the situation in prisons can be improved. This will help in rehabilitation and reformation of the prisoners.
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Pages:138-144
How to cite this article:
Chitra Shukla "A critical analysis of prison reforms: Role of forensics in protecting prisoners’ rights". International Journal of Law, Vol 11, Issue 11, 2025, Pages 138-144
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