Tag: Open Prisons
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Prison Reforms: Constant Deliberations Short of Actions
By Devansh Saraswat, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.” –Elizabeth Fry John Locke believed that men are fundamentally good but laws are still required to keep down ‘the few desperate men in society’ and thus arises the need for prisons. A prison is…