HUMAN RIGHTS WOMEN PRISONERS AND PRISON REFORMS IN INDIA- A STUDY

Human rights have been described as those minimal rights that every individual must have by virtue of his being „a member of human family" irrespective of any other consideration. They are based on mankind"s demand for a life in which the inherent dignity of a human being will receive respect and protection. According to western political and philosophical thinking human rights are innate in individuals and are intrinsic factors in the quality of the human persons. They are to quote the words of Present Jefferson, “Inherent and Inalienable rights of man”, and hence a state that violates them in its laws and its actions breaches one of the very prerequisites of civil co – existence between states and may be legitimately brought to account