http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-III).05
10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-III).05
Published : Sep 2021
Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison
The prisons are the part of criminal justice system, prisons are created to correct the offender and to prevent the crime. Time to time concept of prison had changed his faces. The prisons created to confine the offender and prevent crime in the society from the concept of deterrence to rehabilitation. The researcher tried to analyze the situation existing in prison system of Pakistan specifically focusing on the treatment with the women offenders and the existing laws dealing with women prisone and their implementation in the prisons. As the current report on legislation by Sindh province shows that the Sindh assembly had passed almost unprecedented number of bills especially "The Sindh Prison And Correction Service Act 2019" and Rules under it while changing the prison to the correctional institutions in Sindh The study focuses on the implementation of these new laws existing laws and the current scenario of women prisons.
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Prison, Plight of Women, Correctional Institutions, Incarceration, System, Bangkok Rules
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(1) Shabana kouser Jatoi
PhD Scholar/Lecturer, Institute of Law, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Nouman Jatoi
Advocate, Sindh High Court/Visiting Faculty member, Institute of Law, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Jatoi, S. k., & Jatoi, M. N. (2021). Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison. Global Legal Studies Review, VI(III), 33-43 . https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-III).05
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CHICAGO : Jatoi, Shabana kouser, and Muhammad Nouman Jatoi. 2021. "Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison." Global Legal Studies Review, VI (III): 33-43 doi: 10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-III).05
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HARVARD : JATOI, S. K. & JATOI, M. N. 2021. Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison. Global Legal Studies Review, VI, 33-43 .
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MHRA : Jatoi, Shabana kouser, and Muhammad Nouman Jatoi. 2021. "Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison." Global Legal Studies Review, VI: 33-43
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MLA : Jatoi, Shabana kouser, and Muhammad Nouman Jatoi. "Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison." Global Legal Studies Review, VI.III (2021): 33-43 Print.
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OXFORD : Jatoi, Shabana kouser and Jatoi, Muhammad Nouman (2021), "Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison", Global Legal Studies Review, VI (III), 33-43
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TURABIAN : Jatoi, Shabana kouser, and Muhammad Nouman Jatoi. "Critical Analysis of Prison Rules and Laws about Women Prisoners a Case Study of Hyderabad Women Prison." Global Legal Studies Review VI, no. III (2021): 33-43 . https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2021(VI-III).05