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[1] Author is a Research Scholar at Maharishi Law School,

[2] Author is Dean at Maharishi Law School, Maharishi University of Information Technology.

[3] https://www.legalbites.in/topics/articles/problems-faced-by-female-accused-in-prisons-895398

[4] NCBR- National Crime Record Bureau

[5]  http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/prison

[6]  Datir, R.N.; “Prison as a Social System”;

[7] https://ncrb.gov.in/sites/default/files/PSI-2021/Tables-2021.htm

[8] https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/re-inhuman-conditions-in-1382-prisons-development-in-indian-prisoners-rights/

[9] https://ncrb.gov.in/sites/default/files/PSI-2021/TABLE%2011.4%20-%202021.pdf

[10] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maha-among-six-states-where-women-in-jails-exceed-capacity/articleshow/90767523.cms#:~:text=States%20with%20the%20worst%20occupancy%20for%20female%20prisoners,have%20one%20or%20none%20at%20all%20%28see%20table%29.

[11] Bedi, Kiran; “Its Always Possible”; Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd.; p.88

[12] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-rights-and-health#:~:text=The%20WHO%20Constitution%20%281946%29%20envisages%20%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6the%20highest%20attainable,access%20to%20timely%2C%20acceptable%2C%20and%20affordable%20health%20care

[13] https://www.legalbites.in/topics/articles/problems-faced-by-female-accused-in-prisons-895398

[14] Howe, Adrian (2001); “Punish And Critique- Towards a Feminist Analysis of Penalty”;Routledge Taylor and Francis Group; New York; p.123

[15] https://www.legalbites.in/topics/articles/problems-faced-by-female-accused-in-prisons-895398