Authors : Divya Upreti; Shweta Macknight

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 8 - August

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8279118

Abstract : In Indian society, women are taken into consideration as Goddess, however then additionally from history to the existing society ladies are going through numerous united states and downs in their popularity. Accordingly, a majority of ladies inmates are housed in ladies’s enclosures of preferred prisons. Jail is an organization which reflects societal norms. Females in jail represent a unique institution in the jail population, first and predominant because of their intercourse and gender inequalities. They represent a small share of prison populace international. They face many troubles some as a result of their lives prior to imprisonment others attributable to their imprisonment itself. Social factors that marginalize their participation in mainstream society and contribute to the growing variety of ladies in jail consist of poverty, lack of social guide, separation or single motherhood and homelessness. Incarcerated ladies receive minimal reproductive fitness care and what they do acquire is regularly now not provided in accordance with expert ethic popular. Within the beyond few many years, the population of prisons was expanded appreciably, growing a number of challenges inclusive of safety, health & hygiene, overcrowding and so forth. As jails have been generally designed to cater to male inmates, special steps should be taken to make certain adequate situations for ladies as well. Female inmates are regularly faced with jail infrastructure and administrative systems, which might be in large part oblivious to their gender - precise desires.

Keywords : Women Inmates, Incarceration, Prison, Experiences, Challenges.