• Bindu T
• Dr.C.K.Hebbar

Prison is an important and integral part of the Criminal Justice system. It is the agency mandated by the society and constituted by the Government to administer sentences and reform the offenders and enable their integration into society. The underlying principle is that successful reintegration of offenders into the community is the best security for the society. Prisons are actually serving a noble purpose by containing the bad and unruly elements in the society and then engaging them into various correctional programs so that they would return to the society as reformed citizens. This paper is the study of how the prisons in Kerala are conducting various programmes for the empowerment of prisoners so that they can lead a normal life after their prison term.

Prisons, training, rehabilitation, reintegration, prisoners

"Empowerment of Prisoners through vocational training and work programmes : A study of prisons in Kerala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.849-854, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012318.pdf

"Empowerment of Prisoners through vocational training and work programmes : A study of prisons in Kerala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp849-854, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012318.pdf