The present Prisons Act, 1894 is a pre-Independence era Act and is almost 130 years old. The Act mainly focuses on keeping criminals in custody and enforcement of discipline and order in prisons. There is no provision for reform and rehabilitation of prisoners in the existing Act.
The model Act has been prepared by the MHA on the basis of a draft prepared by the Bureau of Police Research and Development which held wide-ranging discussions with state prison authorities and correctional experts.
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