CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE STATE PRISONS OF INDIA: AN ANALYSIS WITH REFERENCE TO UTTARAKHAND STATE

Human rights jurisprudence has greatly contributed to criminal reforms and has had an impact on India. Crime reforms across the globe also have an impact on India. The conceptualization with respect to penal reform originated in the reformist theory of punishment.[1] The time prison must have such meaning that enhances the values ​​of the reform in it. The reformer's appearance is about to add a sense of humanity in the system of criminal reformation and also to add the human values ​​into the system of prison and prison officials have to work to achieve it.[2] The level of protection guaranteed by the law for the reformatory therapy of prisoners must be carried out within a national legal framework and India does not have the same. 
 


Introduction
The arrangement of jail organization in our nation is over 100 years of age. The development, while yet ending and utilized uniquely in a few and not be able to reflect in the prisons of India, nevertheless give guarantee of the arrangement of treating guilty parties. Now a days the brutal methods of treatment is not practiced, and such methods has been replaced by several new methods including outside of jail work, programs for advancement of the literacy, their societal aspects like, recreational and correctional plans, community work and reasonable wage scheme. Several instrumentations have been inseminated for treatment of prisoners with great amount of freedom and relatively better discipline. 3 "Comprehensively, the presence of detainment facilities in our public is an old wonder since Vedic period where the counter social components were kept in a spot recognized by the rulers to ensure the public against wrongdoing. Prisons were considered as a House of Captives where prisoners were kept for retributory and deterrent punishment". 4

Correctional Programmes: A Concept
The institution of prison basically works on the two process theories one for the elimination of the criminals from society and second for the basic reformation and rehabilitation of the offenders under institutional treatment by blanketing out conditions which in the first place turned them into law-violators. Correctional program refers to a type of program to which the criminal offenders are submitted. It includes both supervision and educational training given to correct the criminal offenders. Sometimes the correctional program is given as part of the sentence. It is mandatory for juvenile delinquents. Object of correctional program is to reform a criminal by helping the offenders to overcome their past mistakes and learn useful skills. Correctional program includes high-school equivalency training, mental health diversion, writing seminars and substance abuse education. Torture in custody against Prisoners results in deprivation of the right to life, personal liberty, dignity, etc. in many cases, it results in unnatural deaths. Such a serious problem, which threatens fundamental human rights, has remained unexplored and no meaningful research has been conducted to examine the problem nationally and specifically in the State of Uttarakhand.

Importance of Prisons and Role of Correctional Programme
The primary object and function of criminal justice system is prevention of crime or at least reduction of crime rate. In each democratic society, jail has an interesting function as a proper organization of the criminal justice framework. The motivation behind detainment as a discipline is sufficiently plain -the individual who has submitted a wrong should endure consequently. Since a wrongdoing is a wrong devoted against the kingdom. Imprisonment ought to be punishment, no longer best via depriving the man or woman of his liberty, however via implementing a sort of alleged severe condition for the prisoners to live in. As classified below the three main purpose of the prison system: Correctional. Prison primarily considered as a place for the custodian of the prisoners, but the views has been changed with the passage of time and the custodial manner transform to the correctional manner primarily also the human rights perspective was seen to be considered. The major consideration for the prison system is rehabilitation, education, training, and work. In reference to the abovementioned it can be implied that a great amount of research has been conducted which points out the following shades: 1. The Literacy rate of the prisoners is significantly low across the globe. 2. The prisoners lack with the basic life skills. 3. The rehabilitation programs will be a great aspect to bridge the gap and gray shades "The provision of constructive activities in prisons assists in rendering life in prison more like life outside. This is also referred to as the principle of normalization". 5 Physical, mental and psychological care and support system Substance abuse treatment Addressing behavior and attitudes Education and vocational training Work experience Types of prison-based rehabilitation programs as per rule 5(1) of the U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners. "Spending sufficient time engaged in meaningful educational or vocational training activities or productive work forms what the Nelson Mandela Rules call normal occupational life which prison administrations should seek to replicate as far as possible. Leading a busy life in prison can help reduce the risk of prisoners' developing depression, other mental health problems or limitations in prisoners' ability to lead a self-supporting and independent life (institutionalization or learned helplessness)." 6 The measures related to the educational matters, vocational courses, social activities within the prison premises and also the concerns of the protection, and security in prison centers, and help them change into (extra) fantastic environments. Prisoners engaged in constructive sports are less possibly to end up disaffected and reason troubles. Rehabilitation method prisoners are less difficult to control and less liable to violence. While protection and rehabilitation are from time to time visible as opposites, properly-run rehabilitation packages beautify safety and manipulate internal prisons. Work can create financial and special resources for each detainees took on such packages in addition to for the jail machine. These may be immediately assets, as an instance in prison facilities which domesticate their own food, or via the work which detainees might also strive in an effort to clean and maintain the jail; they could additionally be indirect sources. The above justifications exemplify why prison framework ought to offer rehabilitation training, social considerations etc. They display that there are advantages which collect now not most effective for the prisoners involved, yet further for prison control and more vast society. Publicizing the benefits and advantages that jailprimarily focused on the aspects of the rehabilitation which brings in this manner may be a useful manner of generating and presenting political will to reform prisons, in addition to nurturing public assistance and knowhow. Some may additionally argue with rehabilitation as being too gentle on offenders, and others may additionally criticize paintings programs, as a shape of reasonably-priced Labor.

Empirical Study with Reference to Prisons in the State of Uttarakhand
The Digest of Justinian, in Roman law established the custodial principle with the statement that "a prison is for confinement, not for punishment and in countries that followed Raman law the principle that imprisonment was not a legal punishment was dominant for many years." 7 Similar approach has been adopted by the English courts and it was stated as "The prisons of the middle ages were, therefore, concurred only with holding prisoners awaiting trial. Penal institutions were chiefly dungeons or detention rooms in secure parts of castles or city towers, used to detain prisoners awaiting trial or execution of sentence. The punishments imposed were torture, banishment, exile, death, branding, mutilation, but never imprisonment." 8 The preliminary methodology of the prison system was exercised on the convicted offenders. The function is still prevalent in England, since those commits civil wrong or failed to pay their debts or for the contempt of court and thus may be secure release by paying what they owe or purging their contempt. 9 Research Article "The purposes of prison are protection of the community, supply of food, clothing, shelters to convicted criminals, and protection of inmates from each other and from persons in the outside community, imposition of punishment and rehabilitation of criminals. The three principal sections in this division of labor are a hierarchy of custodial ranks, an industrial hierarchy, and a social welfare agency-and they are devoted to keeping inmates, using inmates, and serving inmates." 10 The patriarchal system of prison since last 3 decades has advanced the stature of social organizations which has revolted against the coercive actions by the prison authorities. It isn't any extra a resting floor inside the prison process in which loss of life penalty, banishment, or lifestyles transportation can be the decision. 11 The U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners 12 could be considered as the role model statute which sets an International standard in a true sense that "set out what is generally accepted as being good principles and practice in the treatment of prisoners and prison management". 13 5. Methodology: -In the present study the methodology applied to conduct this research is both Doctrinal and Non-Doctrinal. As this study majorly based on the primary data thus the researcher has usedNon-Doctrinal method to collect the sample through field work in the jails of Uttarakhand on the prisoners available at the time of research through a structured questionnaire consists of the optional, open ended, closed, multiple choice, rank order, questions available in Hindi and English language in which both qualitative and quantitative information was collected. The collected data was tested through the SPSS software through chi square test and R programming where applicable. This has highlighted the various facets of the reality which was observed by the researcher by first hand data which was collected throughout the prisons of Uttarakhand (as permitted by the competent authorities) and based on this the following Hypothesis was tested followed by the generaldetails. Age -Violation of rights in the Prison Positive, Rejected 3 Age -Availability of food items other than prison food on extra payment Negative, Rejected 4 Age -Separate facility for the aged prisoners Negative, Rejected 5 Age -Good Feeling in the Prison Negative, Rejected 6 Age -Assigning hard Work Negative, Rejected 7 Age -Good behaviour by Prison Staff Negative, Accepted 8 Age -Facing problem/s in the Prison Positive, Accepted 9 Age -Availability of Good Quality Food Positive, Accepted 10 Age -Availability of Good Quality Water Positive, Accepted 11 Age -Availability of Good Quality Clothing and Other items Positive, Rejected 12 Age -Availability of Good Quality Mattresses Negative, Rejected 13 Age -Availability of Good Quality Utensils Negative, Rejected 14 Age -Availability of Good Quality Hygienic Facilities Positive, Accepted

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Age -Availability of Good Quality Medical Facilities Negative, Rejected 16 Age -Availability of Good Quality Healthcare Facilities Positive, Rejected 17 Age -Availability of Good Quality Education/ Literacy Negative, Accepted 18 Age -Availability of Good Quality Library Facilities Negative, Rejected 19 Age -Availability of Good Quality Entertainment Facilities Positive, Rejected 20 Age -Availability of Good Quality Open Space within the Enclosure Positive, Rejected Summary of results for Hypothesis I Hypothesis 2. Mechanism for safeguarding rights of the inmates enshrined in Legal provisions in India is inadequate to deal with the rights of inmates.

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Age -Sleeping Accommodation Positive, Accepted 2 Age -Ventilation facility in the Cell Negative, Accepted 3 Age -Light facility in the Cell Negative, Rejected 4 Age -Outfits Provided Negative, Accepted 5 Age -Quality of Washing Materials Positive, Accepted 6 Age -Provision of Sports Activities Negative, Rejected 7 Age -Medical check-up by medical officer Positive, Accepted 8 Age -Information about their offence Negative, Accepted 9 Age -Understanding the right to speedy trial Negative, Rejected 10 Age -Understanding the right to complaint for any problems and irregularities Positive, Rejected 11 Age -Censorship Status Positive, Rejected 12 Age -Permission to make complaints in any visit of authorized officials Negative, Accepted 13 Age -Knowledge of Human Rights Positive, Accepted 14 Age -Imprisonment Information to family members Negative, Accepted 15 Age -Understanding of right to free legal aid Negative, Rejected 16 Age -Provision of Writing facility Positive, Accepted 17 Age -Permission to meet the lawyer Positive, Accepted 18 Age -Adverse effects of imprisonment Positive, Accepted Age -Solution of problems by prison staff Negative, Rejected

Research Article
lawyer", "Adverse effects of imprisonment", "Provision of employment opportunities in the prison", and "Understanding of prison rules" were ranked appropriate by prisoners. Hence, the null hypothesis is rejected. The factors "Solution of problems by prison staff", and "Unsolved problems by Prison Staff" are positively correlated with the education of prisoners residing in the jails of Uttarakhand. Whereas, the variables "Relationship with other prisoner/s", "Acceptance by family members after imprisonment", "Future Plans" and "Educational Continuity after imprisonment" are negatively correlated with the education of prisoners. After due analysis regarding correctional programs implemented in Uttarakhand, it has been identified that these correctional programs are in consonance with Human Rights Jurisprudence as most of the factors, viz., "Relationship with other prisoner/s", "Solution to various problems by prison staff", "Acceptance by family members after imprisonment", "Future Plans after the imprisonment", and "Educational Continuity after imprisonment" were rated positively by prisoners. Hence, the null hypothesis is rejected.

7.Conclusion
Primary aim of imprisonment is to re-educate the offender for the purpose of realigning and reorganizing his life for smooth re-settlement in society. The treatment of offenders in prison should aim at instilling in them the will to lead law-abiding and self-supporting lives after themrelease. The treatment should foster their self-respect, self-discipline and sense of responsibility. To achieve this, the prisons should have properly trained personnel. The effectiveness of the institutional discipline and the impact of treatment mainly depend on the quality of the correctional staff. The prison administration shall provide for careful selection of prison personnel, since it is on their integrity, dedication, humanity, potency, and personal suitability for the work that the proper administration of the institution depends. They should be paid adequate salary and they should have a civil service status with security of tenure The Inspector-General prisons should have similar fixed term of office and the present practice of appointing senior police officers as InspectorGeneral Prisons should be dispensed with. On joining their duty, the prison officials should be given adequate training in correctional administration. Their general service conditions should be improved so that the prison service can attract best talent. The prison personnel shall be properly selected and adequately trained in various aspects, of intuitional management, as well as in theories of correctional work. The welfare of the personnel shall be adequately attended to.