Breaking Bars, Building Hope: Redefining Rehabilitation with Open Prisons in India
(2023) SOCM04 20231Department of Sociology
Sociology
- Abstract
- India's open prisons offer an innovative method of confinement by giving some prisoners more freedom and chances for rehabilitation. However, little is known about how individuals who are directly involved, such as detainees, their families, and prison staff, see these jails. This thesis aims to investigate their viewpoints and experiences, with a particular emphasis on stigma, incarceration, and the sequence of rehabilitation. Understanding their perspectives can help us identify the system's advantages and disadvantages as well as potential areas for change, resulting in more efficient and compassionate methods of criminal justice in India.
This thesis aims to highlight the lived experiences and viewpoints of these important... (More) - India's open prisons offer an innovative method of confinement by giving some prisoners more freedom and chances for rehabilitation. However, little is known about how individuals who are directly involved, such as detainees, their families, and prison staff, see these jails. This thesis aims to investigate their viewpoints and experiences, with a particular emphasis on stigma, incarceration, and the sequence of rehabilitation. Understanding their perspectives can help us identify the system's advantages and disadvantages as well as potential areas for change, resulting in more efficient and compassionate methods of criminal justice in India.
This thesis aims to highlight the lived experiences and viewpoints of these important participants in order to highlight the advantages, drawbacks, and potential development areas of the open prison system in India. “How are the inmates, their families and the officials affected by the functioning of an open prison in India?”
This study has important ramifications for criminal justice policy and practice in India. Further, the study can aid in the creation of more efficient and humane correctional practices by providing insights into the experiences and viewpoints of prisoners, their relatives, and prison staff. The results may also help treatments that work to lessen the stigma attached to jail and to encourage the reintegration of criminals into society. (Less) - Popular Abstract
- Imagine a unique type of prison where those who have erred are given the opportunity to grow, learn, and improve their life. These unique prisons, which are known as "open prisons," are present in India. Today, we are going to embark on a delightful adventure to learn what makes open prisons special and how they aid in the reintegration of former inmates into society. Because they provide offenders more freedom and opportunity for self-rehabilitation, open prisons differ from traditional ones. People who have committed crimes are housed in cells in traditional prisons. In contrast, convicts in open prisons have the option of living in modest homes or hostels and leaving their homes during the day to work, pick up new skills, and enjoy a... (More)
- Imagine a unique type of prison where those who have erred are given the opportunity to grow, learn, and improve their life. These unique prisons, which are known as "open prisons," are present in India. Today, we are going to embark on a delightful adventure to learn what makes open prisons special and how they aid in the reintegration of former inmates into society. Because they provide offenders more freedom and opportunity for self-rehabilitation, open prisons differ from traditional ones. People who have committed crimes are housed in cells in traditional prisons. In contrast, convicts in open prisons have the option of living in modest homes or hostels and leaving their homes during the day to work, pick up new skills, and enjoy a more regular life.
In order to emphasize the benefits, limitations, and prospective improvement areas of the open jail system in India, this thesis intends to highlight the lived experiences and points of view of these significant players. How do the open prisons in India operate and/or influence the convicts, their relatives, and the officials? In this thesis, through the exploration of lived experiences of prisoners from different testimonials posted on the Instagram page of ‘Open Prison Voices’, a research is being conducted to understand their stories in terms of the comparison between closed and open prisons, the systems of violence, the difference of environment between the two; amongst other indicators. This will add value to the study to understand how the mainstream society recognises this narrative and how it needs to change in India; so as to allow the accused to also live a life of dignity, once released.
The findings of this study have significant implications for Indian criminal justice practice and policy. The study can also help in the development of more effective and compassionate correctional methods by shedding light on the perspectives and experiences of inmates, their families, and prison staff. The findings might also be useful for therapies that aim to minimize the negative connotations associated with incarceration and to promote convicts' rehabilitation into society. (Less)
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- author
- Mishra, Siddhi LU
- supervisor
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- Magnus Ring LU
- organization
- course
- SOCM04 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Open prisons, stigma, rehabilitation, narrative experiences, restorative justice, India
- language
- English
- id
- 9124866
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-16 11:37:42
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This thesis aims to highlight the lived experiences and viewpoints of these important participants in order to highlight the advantages, drawbacks, and potential development areas of the open prison system in India. “How are the inmates, their families and the officials affected by the functioning of an open prison in India?”
This study has important ramifications for criminal justice policy and practice in India. Further, the study can aid in the creation of more efficient and humane correctional practices by providing insights into the experiences and viewpoints of prisoners, their relatives, and prison staff. The results may also help treatments that work to lessen the stigma attached to jail and to encourage the reintegration of criminals into society.}},
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