Rajasthan Prison Visiting System - A Study on Role Perception and Role Knowledge of Non-Official Visitors (2011)
Prisons have always been closed institutions with many historical attempts to open them up, from being institutions of restraint and state vengeance to institutions for reformation.
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiave through Maja Daruwala vs. State of Maharashtra. Criminal PIL No. 12 of 2010
Based on its study on pathetic living conditions in Maharashtra sub jails, CHRI sent a letter petition to High Court of Maharasthra in 2010. The case was admitted and the court gave a series of directions which primarily included the formation of Board of Visitors in every sub jail with socially sensitive members of the civil society.
Alwar Study- The Right to Legal Representation and Access to Justice
Right to access to justice is considered as an essential fair trial standard both in international human rights law1 and in the domestic law of the land. The international community believes that pre-trial detention should be used as a last resort and decided only upon considering the investigation of the alleged offence and the protection of society and the victim from the accused.
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Undertrial Prisoners and the Criminal Justice System (SCC 2010)
MONITORING PRISONS A Visitor's Guide Original Edition 2010, Revised and Re-printed 2017
The term ‘prison visitors’ as used in the book is not only confined to those who are part of the prison visiting system, but also represents persons who by virtue of their office, or by order of the court, or because of their interest in prison reforms, visit and monitor prisons.