An Introduction to the

Prison administration in India is coping up with number of problems since many years i.e. the problems of overcrowding, congestion, increasing proportion of undertrial prisoners, inadequacy of prison staff, lack of proper care and treatment of prisoners, lack of health and hygienic facilities, insufficient food and clothing, lack of classification and correctional methods, inefficient vocational training, indifference attitude of jail staff, torture and ill-treatment, insufficient communication etc. Hence, the state of prisons and lockups is a known cause for grave concern.