Open AccessAssessing on Female Criminality: A Case Study of Varanasi District Jail
Author(s) -
Bibha Tripathi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
kathmandu school of law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2773-8159
pISSN - 2091-2110
DOI - 10.46985/jms.v5i1.161
Subject(s) - prison , de facto , criminology , law , psychology , political science
The paper is written with an objective of understanding female criminality with special reference to a case study of Varanasi District jail containing almost eightythree under trial and convicted prisoners. The aim of the paper is to compare the de- facto condition of women prisoners with the de- jure provisions mentioned in U.P. Jail manual. Since the jail manuals are framed in the light of Prison Act, 1894, several suggestions have been given for reformation in jail by making amendments in the provision of Prison Act, 1894 and Model Prison Act, 2003. The paper also attempts to compare the U.P. Jail manual with the provisions of Model Prison Act, 2003with special reference to women prisoners, so that viable suggestions can be made to improve and reform the condition of women prisoners.