Open Prisons And The Inmates: A Socio-Psychological Study

The present study highlights on the behavioural pattern attitude and the adjustment level of the prisoners of open campus (Shivir) in comparison to the inmates of closed jails. In other words the study has been able to focus a comparative picture between the maximum and minimum security prisons and their limitation. The detailed description, evaluation and examination of open prison has till now remained an un-researched area. The present study is an attempt to fill in this knowledge gap. This research has been taken in the form of a project sponsored by the PREM (Planning, Reseach, Evaluation, Monitoring) division of the Ministry of Welfare.