Exploring the prisons of colonial India
- Third Concept
- 38(449), Jul, 2024: p.30-32
The British rule is an important part of the history of India. The length of the British rule in India gives us a glance of the contemporary economic structure, cultural fabric social changes, administrative machinery and others. But, considerably less attention has been assigned to one of the greatest institutions i.e. prisons. The present paper attempts to address the issues like the cages that were brought into the idea of prisons and the structure of the same by the British. On the whole the paper aims to study the condition of the clinical Indian prisons by making use of historical analytical method. – Reproduced
British colonialism—India, Prisons—India—History, Penal system—India—Colonial period, Criminal justice—India—British administration, Prison reform—India—Historical analysis, Colonial institutions—India, Social change—India—British era, Economic structure—India—Colonial impact, Cultural transformation—India—British influence, Administrative machinery—India—British governance, Historical methodology—India—Prison studies, Incarceration—India—Colonial legacy, Human rights—India—Colonial prisons, Law and order—India—British policies, Surveillance and control—India—Colonial institutions