• Seema Yadav

There are several issues facing women in the current prison; some arising from their lives previous to incarceration, some arising from their own imprisonment. Victimization, dysfunctional family life, school and job failure, and drug abuse and mental health disorders have been encountered by women in prison. Poverty, minority group membership, single motherhood, and homelessness are social factors that marginalize their inclusion in mainstream society and lead to the growing number of women in jail. While in U.S. jails, women face unique pains and deprivations resulting directly from their incarceration, like prisoners around the world. Criminologists have concluded that the prison system is poorly prepared to handle these issues and that these challenges are best handled beyond the prison's punitive climate (Owen and Bloom; Owen). Women are often released from jail without attention to these concerns, unprepared to handle their pre-existing problems as well as those created by their incarceration. Women in prison face many important issues; most are unmet in the prison setting. The courts in India, however, have argued that it is important to recognize the rights of prisoners and to improve their conditions. The Hon'ble Supreme Court upheld the fundamental rights of prisoners: "There could be several factors that lead a prisoner to commit a crime, but a prisoner must nevertheless be treated as a human being entitled to all the basic human rights, human dignity and human sympathy."

Criminologists,Fundamental Rights, Imprisonment, Prison, Victimization, Human rights.

"Analyzing Condition of the Female Prisoners in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.297-300, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREQ06068.pdf

"Analyzing Condition of the Female Prisoners in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp297-300, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREQ06068.pdf