Open Prisons and India’s Reformative Constitutional Turn
Open prisons are minimum security facilities where sentenced prisoners live and work outside prison walls during the day and return at fixed hours. They are an alternative to conventional closed...
Death Penalty in India and The Perils of Sentencing Exceptionalism
Death penalty exceptionalism, the idea that the irreversible nature of death penalty warrants the highest degree of procedural protection, has led to heightened constitutional scrutiny in capital cases in India....
Punitive Use of Preventive Powers in India
On 24th September 2025, four people were killed in police firing after protests for statehood in Ladakh turned violent. On the heels of this unfortunate incident, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk...
The Advocacy Gap: Anti-Carceral, but not Abolitionist, Human Rights Advocacy in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, custody and remand populations in prison have climbed to their highest in almost 9 years; police use of force increased by 21% between 2023 and 2024; almost...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 2 (Discrimination against Denotified Tribes)
This blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case (Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India). The Supreme Court’s judgement marks a significant turning point...
Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case – Part 1 (Division of Manual Labour)
This two-part blog series delves into the pervasive issue of caste discrimination within Indian prisons, analysing the recent Supreme Court judgement in the case of Sukanya Shantha v. Union of...
Italy’s “Hard Prison”Regime and its Human Rights Implications
The case of Alfredo Cospito, an anarchist who remained on a “41-bis” detention regime despite a 6-month long hunger strike, has reignited the debate on the compatibility of the Italian...
The Carceral State vs Indigenous Women’s Lives: Battling Contexts in the Latest Supreme Court of Canada Decision
Image Description: Inside of a Prison Which context matters in determining a breach of the right to equality? The aims of the state in punishing crime or the painful impact...
Paltry Prisoner Wages: India’s Dire Need to Recognise a Prisoner’s Right To Minimum Wages
Image Description: This is a picture of the Chennai Central Jail building. The Odisha High Court, in December 2021, took a much-awaited step by directing the State Government to revise...
How the Prison System is Failing Women and Why it is a Human Rights Issue
While women make up the minority in global prison populations, they are the fastest growing prison population. With this, comes a need to evaluate human rights violations within justice systems...
