Model Prisons Act 2023 Subject: Polity Section: Judiciary Context: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has prepared a Model Prisons Act, 2023, to replace the existing 130-year-old colonial law governing prisons. The Act is being introduced following the spate of killings and gang violence within prisons, such as the recent murder of Tillu […]

    Model Prisons Act 2023 Subject : Polity Section: Legislation in news Concept : The Union government has announced that it has prepared a Model Prisons Act to replace the current 130-year-old law i.e., Prisons Act, 1894. This is done in order to shift the focus of incarceration from retributive deterrence to reform and […]