INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN JAIL IN INDIA

AUTHOR – MUSKAAN MALIK, STUDENT AT GGSIPU

BEST CITATION – MUSKAAN MALIK, INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN JAIL IN INDIA, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (13) OF 2025, PG. 189-193, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

This study’s goal is to show the outcomes of a thorough investigation into how badly inmates are treated in India, along with the causes and effects of this abuse.  This scientific study will take a close look at the main issues that still remain in the prison setting.   Overcrowding, being locked up for long periods of time before a trial, torture and deaths in custody, bad health care and cleanliness, and not having access to basic needs based on age and gender are some of the problems with prisons. To reach its goals, this study uses official records, investigations by international non-governmental groups, important Supreme Court decisions, and academic literature. This page completely describes the laws, rules, and attempts to change things that are currently in place to fix these systemic issues. They are meant to help us deal with the issues that have been brought up. When these problems are looked at in the bigger picture of civil law and human rights, the study shows how the laws are not always carried out the way they are supposed to be. This is done to help people understand the problem better. Based on the evidence, the study ends with ideas for changes to the law, the way the government is set up, and how the courts watch over things. The ideas here are based on facts. The goals of these ideas are to make sure that India’s courts follow the constitutional rights to justice and dignity, as well as human rights standards that are recognized all over the world.  Some of these claims are based on religious views and others on facts from the real world